316 timaliidvt:. 



Description. Differs from Hodgson's Blue-winged Siva in liaving 

 the upper plumage inoi-e olive-brown and in having no white tips 

 to the wing-quills. 



Colours of soft parts and Measurements as in the last bird, 

 the culmen averaging a little larger. 



Distribution. Kachin Hills to Yunnan and the 8hau States. 



Nidification. Nothing recorded hut a nest and egg sent me from 

 the Shan States are exactly like those of the last bird. 



Habits those of the genus. 



(337) Siva cyanouroptera sordida. 



The Dull Siva. 



.SVrw sordida Hume, S. F., v, p. 104 (1877) (Muleyit) ; Blanf. & 

 Gates, i, p. I'lO. 



Vernacular names. Xone recorded. 



Description. Differs from Hodgson's Bhie-winged Siva in having 

 the upper parts earthy-brown, the under parts entirely white and 

 no white tips to the wing-quills. 



Colours of soft parts. " Lower mandible, legs, feet and claws 

 whitey-brown ; upper mandible darker but still pale brown ; iris 

 creamy-white " (Gates). 



Measurements. Wing G2 mm. ; tail 68 nmi. ; culmen 14 mm. 



Distribution. Mt. Muleyit in Tenasserim. 



Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded. 



(338) Siva cyanouroptera oatesi. 



Oates's Sia'a. 



Siva cyanouroptera oatesi Harington, Bull. B. O. C, xxxiii, p 62 

 (1913) (liyingyi Mountain). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Intermediate between ivimjatei and sordida. Above 

 olive-brown tinged with ochre on the rump but tlie head almost 

 entirely dull blue, showing only faint indications of the stripes 

 which are conspicuous in xuingatei. Below white. 



Distribution. Mt. Byingyi, borders of Shan States. 



Nidification and Habits unknown. 



Genus YUHINA Hodgson, 1836. 



The genus YuJdna contains four species which are found within 

 the limits of this work, extending from the "Western Himalayas 

 to Assam, Burma and China. 



In Yidiina tiie bill is about two-thirds the length of the head, 

 greatly curved and sharply pointed ; the frontal hairs and rictal 



