iEGITHALISCUS. 95 



Distribution. Hill ranges South of the Brahmaputra, Ma- 

 nipur, Looshai and tlie extreme northern ranges of tlie Chin 

 Hills. 



Nidification. Its eggs have been taken by myself in Shillong, 

 and by Messrs. Hopwood, Mackenzie and others in the northern 

 Chin Hills, and many by Col. Tytler in tlie Xaga Hills where it 

 is quite common. 



Mr. Mackenzie describes the nest as like a small and beautiful 

 specimen of the Long-tailed Tit's and remarks on its predilection 

 for brilliant feathers for use as a lining. The eggs are like those 

 of the Common Eed-headed Tit and are nearly always three only 

 in number. They measure about IS'OxlOS mm. 



The breeding season seems to be May. 



Habits. Similar to those of others of the genus. In the 

 Khasia Hills and Cachar it is found as low as 5,000 feet, but over 

 most of its range it keeps above 6,000 feet and ascends at least as 

 high as 9,000 feet. 



("9) ^githaliscus concinnus pulchellus. 



The Sha^st Red-headed Tit. 



^(/ithaliscus pulchellus Rippon, Bull. B. O. C, xi,p. 2 (1900)(Nauoi, 

 S. Shan States). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Can be separated at once from Hume's Eed-headed 

 Tit by the wholly black supercilium, whilst from the next bird it 

 can be differentiated by the colour of the crown, which is brownish 

 buff rather than ochre. 



Colours of soft parts and measurements as in manipurensis. 



Distribution. Southern Shan States, Karenni. The limits of 

 the range of this subspecies are not yet known. 



Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded. Wardlaw liamsay 

 got it in Karenni at 3,000 feet. 



(SO) ^githaliscus concinnus talifuensis.* 



Rippon's Eed-jieaded Tit. 



^githnliscus talifuensis Rippon, Bull. B. O. C, xiv, p. 18 (1903) 

 (Gvi-dzin, N. Shan Statesj. 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Similar to Hume's Eed-headed Tit but has the 

 crown ochraceous rather than chestnut; the supercilium is black, 

 the plumage below is whiter, and the pectoral band darker, 

 thoufrh not so dark as in the Shan bird. 



* This form is rery doubtfully distinct from jEffithuliscus concinnus con- 

 ciiiuus, from Cbiiui and Yuuuau. 



