ZEGITHALISCUS. 95 
Distribution. Hill ranges South of the Brahmaputra, Ma- 
nipur, Looshai and the extreme northern ranges of the Chin 
Hills. 
Nidification. Its eggs have been taken by myself in Shillong, 
and by Messrs. Hopwood, Mackenzie and others in the northern 
Chin Hills, and many by Col. Tytler in the Naga Hills where it 
is quite common. 
Mr. Mackenzie describes the nest as like a small and beautiful 
specimen of the Long-tailed Tit’s and remarks on its predilection 
for brilliant feathers for use as a lining. The eggs are like those 
of the Common Red-headed Tit and are nearly always three only 
in number. They measure about 13:0 x 10°3 mm. 
The breeding season seems to be May. 
Habits. Similar to those of others of the genus. In the 
Khasia Hills and Cachar it is found as low as 5,000 feet, but over 
most of its range it keeps above 6,000 feet and ascends at least as 
high as 9,000 feet. 
(79) Aigithaliscus concinnus pulchellus. 
THE Suan Rep-HEADED Ti7. 
hyithaliscus pulchellus Rippon, Bull. B. O. C., xi, p. 2 (1900)(Nanoi, 
S. Shan States). 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Can be separated at once from Hume’s Red-headed 
Tit by the wholly black supercilium, whilst from the next bird it 
can be differentiated by the colour of the crown, which is brownish 
buff rather than ochre. 
Colours of soft parts and measurements as in manipurensis, 
Distribution. Southern Shan States, Karenni. The limits of 
the range of this subspecies are not yet known. 
Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded. Wardlaw Rainsay 
got it in Karenni at 3,000 feet. 
(80) Aigithaliscus concinnus talifuensis.* 
Rippon’s Rep-HEADED T11. 
Agithaliscus talifuensis Rippon, Bull. B. 0. C., xiv, p. 18 (1903) 
(Gvi-dzin, N. Shan States). 
Vernacular names. None recorded, 
Description. Similar to Hume’s Red-headed Tit but has the 
crown ochraceous rather than chestnut ; the supercilium is black, 
the plumage below is whiter, and the pectoral band darker, 
though not so dark as in the Shan bird. 
* This form is very doubtfully distinct from Ayithaliscus concinnus con- 
cinnus, from China and Yunnan. 
