MACHLOLOPHUS. 89 
Colour of soft parts and measurements as in the Nepal bird. 
Distribution. Simla Hills, northwards. The division between 
the Garhwal and Simla birds is curious and unusual but is very 
marked. 
(72) Sylviparus modestus saturatior. 
Tue CHINESE YELLOW-BROWED Ti1. 
Sylviparus saturatior Rippon, Bull. B.O.C., xvi, p. 87 (1900) 
(Mt. Victoria, Chin Hills). 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Like the Nepal Yellow-browed Tit but much 
darker and duller both above and below. The under plumage is 
also more grey and less yellow. 
Distribution. Hills South of the Brahmaputra, N. Burma, 
East into China. 
Nidification unknown. 
Habits. Very little recorded. A bird of high elevations like 
the other races. 
Genus MACHLOLOPHUS Cabanis, 1850. 
This genus contains a group of rather large Titmouses with black 
and yellow plumage, structurally close to the genus Parus but 
with long pointed crests. Like Parus, however, the birds of this 
genus have a broad ventral band and graduated tails. 
Key to Species and Subspecies. 
A. Forehead bright yellow. 
a. Paler and brighter, green of back 
more yellow and less olive .... MM. spilonotus spilonotus, p. 89. 
6. Darker, green of back more olive, 
less yellow and with more black 
IM PROPOELIOW! (ap thes. wu «oe oe ei0's M. s. subviridis, p. 90. 
B. Forehead black. 
c. Paler and brighter, tips of wing- [p. 90. 
COVOLES: VOUO Wate ays) « xi spaiais< > <i M. wxanthogenys xanthogenys, 
d. Darker and duller, tips of wing- 
COVEREE WRITERS asic sce ces « M. x. aplonotus, p. 91. 
(73) Machlolophus spilonotus spilonotus. 
THe NorrHerN Brack-sporrep YELLOw-Tir. 
Parus spilonotus Blyth, Cat. B. M. A.S., xvi, p. 445 (1849) (Hima- 
layas, N. Cachar). 
Machlolophus spilonotus. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 54. 
Vernacular names. Muchetink-pho (Lepcha). 
