Common Birds of Eastern Himalayas 



This colour is continued in a demi-collar round 

 the sides of the neck. Common about Dar- 

 jeeling. 



27. Tuhina gularis. The striped- throated 

 yuhina. Another tiny bird with all the habits 

 of the tits. A flock of dull-brown birds, 

 about the size of sparrows, having the chin 

 and throat streaked with black, are likely to 

 be striped-throated yuhinas. 



28. Minla igneitincta. The red-tailed 

 minla or hill-tit. This tit-like babbler is 

 often seen in company with the true tits, which 

 it resembles in habits and size. The head is 

 black with a white eyebrow. The wings and 

 tail are black and crimson. The rest of the 

 upper plumage is yellowish olive. The throat 

 is white, and the remainder of the lower 

 plumage is bright yellow. 



Note on the Tits and small Babblers 



Tits are small birds, smaller than sparrows, which 

 usually go about in flocks. They spend most of their 

 lives in trees. In seeking for insects, on which they 

 feed largely, they often hang upside down from a 

 branch. All tits have these habits ; but all birds of 

 these habits are not tits. Thus the following of 

 the babblers described above have all the habits of 



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