machlolophus. 89 



Colour of soft parts aud measurements as in the Nepal bird. 



Distribution. Sinda Hills, northwards. The division between 

 the (larhwal and Simla birds is curiuns and unusual but is very 

 marked. 



(72) Sylviparus modestus saturatior. 

 The Chiivese Telloav-browed Tit. 



Si/h'ipams saturatior Rippon, Bull. B. 0. C, xvi, p. 87 (1900) 

 " (Mt. Victoria, Chin Hills). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Like the Nepal Yellow-browed Tit but nnieli 

 darker and duller both above and below. The under plumage is 

 also more grey and less yellow. 



Distribution. Hills South of the Brahmaputra, N. Burma, 

 East into China. 



Nidification unknown. 



Habits. Very little recorded. A bird of high elevations like 

 the other races. 



Genus MACHLOLOPHUS Cabauis, 1S50. 



This genus contains a group of rather large Titmouses with black 

 aud yellow plumage, structurally close to the genus Farns but 

 with long pointed crests. Like Panis, however, the birds of this 

 genus have a broad A^entral band aud graduated tails. 



Key to Sj^ecies and Subspecies. 



A. Forehead bright yellow. 



a. Paler and brighter, green of back 



more yellow and less olive .... M. spilonotus spilonotus, p. 89. 



b. Darker, green of back more olive, 



less yellow and with more black 



in proportion M. s. subviridis, p. 90. 



B. Forehead black. 



c. P,aler and brighter, tips of wing- [p. 90, 



'coverts yellow M. xantJiO(jemjs xanthogenys, 



d. Darker aud duller, tips of wing- 



coverts white M. X. aplonotus, p. 91. 



(73) Machlolophus spilonotus spilonotus. 

 The Xokthern Black-spotted Yellow-Tit. 



Parus spilonotus Blyth, Cat. B.M. A.S., xvi, p. 445 (1849) (Hima- 

 layas, N. Cachar). 

 3IacJi!olop/ius spilonotus. Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 54. 



Vernacular names. Muchetink-pho (Lepcha). 



