MACHLOLOPHUS. 9] 
It is an early riser and its loud “ Did-he-do-it Did-he-do-it 
No, he didn’t” may be heard soon after dawn breaks. This call 
is generally uttered from the top of some tree, especially the first 
thing in the morning. 
(74) Machlolophus spilonotus subviridis. 
Tus Burmese Bracx-spotrep YELLow Tir. 
Parus subviridis Vickell (Blyth), J. A.S.B., vol. xxiv, p. 265 (1855) 
(Tenasserim ). 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. This is a darker bird than the last, the green of 
the back and flanks more olive and the extent of the black greater 
both above and on the median ventral line. 
Measurements etc. as in the last bird. 
Distribution. Burma, Siam, Shan States and south to Tenas- 
serim, where it was obtained on Mt. Muleyit. 
Nidification. Similar to the last. The eggs measure about 
18°5 x 18°5 mm. (Mackenzie). 
Habits. Is apparently found down as low as 3,000 feet but 
generally keeps more or less to the pine forest region of about 
4,500 to 6,000 feet. 
(75) Machlolophus xanthogenys xanthogenys. 
Tue Norrtern YELLOW-CHEEKED Tir. 
Parus xanthogenys Vigors, P.Z.S., i, p. 23 (1831) (Himalayas). 
Machlolophus vanthogenys. Blanf. & Oates, 1, p. 59. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Lores, forehead, crown, crest, sides of the nape, 
a bar on the side of the neck, a broad streak behind the eye, chin, 
throat, centre of the breast anda broad band down the middle of 
the abdomen black, the longer feathers of the crest tipped with 
yellow ; a distinct supercilium over the eye anc ear-coverts, a nape- 
patch, the cheeks, ear-coverts, sides of the breast and of the upper 
abdomen bright yellow; remainder of the lower surface olive- 
yellow: under tail-coverts white; back and rump olive-green, 
upper tail-coverts slaty; scapulars and lesser wing-coverts black, 
broadly edged with olive-green; the other coverts black tipped 
yellow ; primary coverts dark brown; primaries white at base, 
and the outer ones edged with white below the emarginations ; 
outer secondaries edged with bluish and tipped with white, the 
inner secondaries with still broader white tips; tail dark brown 
suffused with ashy-blue on the outer webs, all the feathers tipped 
with white and the outer web of the outermost pair entirely white. 
