MYZORNIS. 345 



In 2Ii/zor7iis the bill is sleuder and nearly as long as the head, 

 distinctly notched, with the cultnen gently curved ; the nostrils 

 are longitudinal and covered by a membi-ane ; the rictal bi'istles 

 are weak ; the head is not crested, but the feathers of the crown 

 are somewhat lengthened ; the wing is rounded ; the tail about 

 two-thirds the length of the wing and slightly graduated and the 

 tarsus is long and slender. 



The sexes are dissimilar. 



(367) Myzornis pyrrhoura. 



The 1"'ire-tailed Myzornis. 



Myzornis lyyrrhoura flodgs., J. A. S. B., xii, p. 984 ( 1843) (Nepal) ; 

 Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 233. 



Vernacular names. Lho-sagvit-pho (Lepcha). 



Fig. 65. — Head of ^1/. pyrrhoura. 



Description. — Male. Lores and a patch behind the eye black ; 

 rest of the head and body bright green, the feathers of the fore- 

 head with black centres and a streak above and below the eye 

 still brighter green ; throat and upper breast suffused with red 

 and the lower breast and abdomen tinged with the same ; vent 

 and ui;der tail-coverts chestnut-red; wing-coverts and inner second- 

 aries bright green ; winglet tipped with white ; primary-coverts 

 black, edged with green and tipped with yellow; primaries brown, 

 the first eight tipped with white, the outer webs of all deep black, 

 more or less edged with red ; outer secondaries with the outer 

 webs red and tipped with pinkish ; inner secondaries black with 

 some green on the inner webs ; tail-feathers red on the outer 

 webs, green on the inner, broadly tipped with dusky. 



Colours of soft parts. Iris red or red-brown ; bill dusky-brown ; 

 legs flesliy. 



Measurements. Length about 130 mm. ; wine: 59 to 63 mm. ; 

 tail about 70 to 75 mm.; tarsus about 22 to 23 mm.; culmen 

 about 13 mm. 



Female lias the primaiy-coverts green, tipped with white ; the 

 terminal spots on the secondaries pure white and the red on under 

 parts, tail and wings duller. 



Distribution. Nepal and Sikkim from 6,000 feet upwards. 



Nidification. No authentic record. 



Habits. A bird of high-level forests, from 6,000 to 10,000 feet 

 or more. 



