116 PAttADOXOR^ITIIID-Ti. 



Genus PSITTIPARUS Hellmayr, 1903. 



Blanforcrs name ol Sca'orJujnehtis being preoi-cupied, Hellmayr's 

 name of Fsitfl/utnis must be used for this genus. It differs from 

 Neosuthora m having the tail longer, about equal to the wing and 

 still less graduated, the outermost feather^ being nearly or quite 

 five-sixths the length of the central ones. The bill is larger and 

 longer in proportion. The 1st primary is a little more than half 

 the length of the 5th, 6th and Ttli, which are longest and 

 subequal. The legs are exceptionally strong. 



Key to Species and Subspecies. 



A. Crown of head rufous ; chin white. 



a. Wing under 90 nun. ; bill from front to 



tip 14 nnii P. rvjivep^ ruficeps. p. 1 10. 



h. Wing 90 mm. or over; bill fiom front 



to tip 16 mm P. r. baheri, ]). 117. 



B. Crown of head grey ; chin black. 



c. Wing over 90 mm. ; under parts white . P. f/it/aris {/iilaris, p. 118. 

 (J. Wing under 90 nnn. ; under parts suf- 

 fused with fulvous P. //• transfliiviitlis. p. 1 18. 



(101) Psittiparus ruficeps ruficeps. 



TuE Red-headed Pakrot-Bii.l. 



Paradoxornis rujiccps Blyth, J. A. S. B., (1) ii, p. 177 (1<'!<4:?) (Bootan). 

 Scceorhynchus rujiceps. Blanf. & ()ate.s, i, p. 68. 



Vernacular names. Chongto-phep-plw (Lepcha). 



Description. Head, nape, upper back, lores, cheeks and ear- 

 coverts chestnut ; upper pluujage, tail and exposed parts of wings 

 olive-brown, tinged with rufous; the whole lower plumage white, 

 tinged with brown on the sides of the body, vent, thighs and 

 under tail-coverts. 



Colours of soft parts. Iris deep red-brown ; upper mandible 

 horny brown, lower tleshy-b^o\^■n ; eyelids and mouth slate-blue; 

 legs dark plumbeous blue; claws horn-brown. 



Measurements. Total length about 180 mm.; wing 84 to 

 86 mm. ; tail about 85 mm.; bill "from forehead to tip in a 

 straight line 14 mm.'" {Hartert):, tarsus about 28 nnn. 



Distribution. Hills north of the Brahmaputra east to Sadiya. 

 Nepal and Sikkim. 



Nidification and Habits. Not distinguishable from those of the 

 next subspecies. Seven eggs in my collection average 22*8 x 

 16-7 mm. 



