534 Lt.-Col. G. Rippon on the Birds 



53. Siva castaneicauda Hume. (220.) 



I have not seen this species below about 6000 feet ; it was 

 found quite at the top of the highest peaks on which J 

 collected, where these were well Avooded. 



54. Siva sordida Hume. (222.) 



The specimens I obtained are nearer to this form than to 

 »Sf. cijamiroptera, but the winglet is in several cases tipped 

 with white. 



55. ZosTEROPS AUREivENTRis Humc. (227.) 



Very common, and appears to me to grade into the next 

 species. 



56. ZosTERoPs SIMPLEX Swiuli. (228.) 



57. Herpornis xantholeuca Hodgs. (234.) 

 Found from 3000 to 5400 feet. 



58. CuTiA NEPALENsis (Hodgs.). (236.) 

 Not common. 



59. Pteruthius ^eralatus Tick. (238.) 

 Not common, bvit widely distributed. 



60. Pteruthius melanotis Hodgs. (239.) 



61. Pteruthius intermedius (Hume). (240.) 

 Rare. 



62. iEoiTHiNA TiPHiA (Liuu.). (243.) 

 Very common in the valleys up to 3500 feet. 



63. Chloropsis aurifrons (Temm.). (247.) 

 Very common from 3000 to 5000 feet. 



64. Chloropsis hardwickii Jard. h Selby. (249.) 



65. Chloropsis chlorocephala (Wald.). (250.) 

 I have only met with this bird at 2800 feet. 



66. Irena puella (Lath.). (254.) 



Not common : does not appear to ascend higher than 

 about 3000 feet in the Southern Shan States. 



67. Melanochlora sultanea (Hodgs.). (255.) 



Only once obtained, at about 3000 feet, in low evergreen 

 jungle. 



