318 TIMALIIDiE. 



speckled all over with light red. They measure 17'4xl2-6 lum. 

 All the uests were taken in May. 



Habits. Very little on record but it is found from 3,000 feet 

 upwards and principally between 4,000 and 7,000 feet. A gre- 

 garious bird and haunting trees in forest in preference to the lower" 

 hushes and smaller cover. 



(340) Yuhina gularis yangpiensis. 



Siiakpe's Yuhi:va. 



Yiihinn ycnujpiemis Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C, xiii, p. 11 (1900) (Yangpi, 

 Yimuan). 



Vernacular names. Gliee-chaiv-'pum-frong, Chee-chaw, Pum-cJiee- 

 chdii' ( Kachin). 



Description. A'ery simihir to the last but is more olive-brown 

 and less fulvoiis-hrown above and the crest is fulvous-brown in- 

 stead of a rich hair-brown. 



Colours of soft parts. Iris brown ; upper mandible black, the 

 lower liorny ; legs and feet orange. 



Measurements as in Y. g. gnlaris. 



Distribution. Hills South of the Brahmaputra, Chin Hills, 

 Shan States and Yunn;in. 



Nidification and Habits unrecorded. 



(341) Yuhina diademata ampelina. 

 Eippon's Yuhina. 



Yuliina rf?H/7^-///*a Rippou, Bull. B. O. C.,xi, p. 12 (1900) (Warabuoi, 

 Bhamo Hillsj. 



Vernacular names. C'hee-chaiv-pum-fromj, (Jhee-chaw, Fuin- 

 cJiec-cJtaw (Kachin 1. 



Description. Crest, wing-coverts and upper parts dark earLh- 

 bruwn ; a line of silky-white feathers from each eye meeting 

 between the occiput and nape; crest with lighter shaft-streaks; 

 bastard wing and primary-coverts dark brown ; quills black, the 

 shafts brown, changing to white at the tips and the priuiaries 

 edo-^id with wlute at the ends ; tail-feathers brow n, dusky on the 

 inner webs and at the tips and with white shafts ; lores black ; 

 eyelid white; sides of face and ear-coverts greyish brown, the 

 latter with pale shaft-stripes; ttie anterior pare of the cheeks 

 darker bi-own ; under parts earthy-brown, darker on chin and 

 throat, greyish on the breast and paler on flanks : centre of 

 abdomen and tail-coverts white. Axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts \\ bite with brown patch. 



Colours of soft parts. " Iris clear chestnut ; bill and feet 

 yellow" (David). 



