JEGITHALISCUS: 99 
nests are described as being like that of the Red-headed Tit but 
larger and densely lined with feathers. That first found by 
Whymper was placed in the fork of a willow about 6 feet from 
the ground and others as much as 30 feet from it, whilst 
Osmaston’s was in the fork of a cherry-tree, both nest and tree 
being covered with lichen. The eges appear to be four in number 
and are like those of the Red-headed Tit’s but more spotted and 
less zoned with the markings. 
They breed from May to June at elevations of 11,000 feet 
upwards. 
Eggs sent me by Dodsworth from above Simla measure about 
14:0 10°5 mm. These were taken from nests in small oaks. 
Habits. Osmaston found this bird common in the Tons Valley, 
and Whymper equally so in Garhwal at elevations of some 11,000 
or 12,000 feet. It seems to haunt both thick and sparse forest 
equally, and to go about in little parties like the rest of its tribe. 
Whitehead likens its note to the “ Wi” of the Goldfinch. 
(89) Aégithaliscus ioschistos. 
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Parus woschistos Todgs., J. A. 8. B., xiii, p. 943 (1844) (Nepal), 
Agithaliscus toschistus. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 52. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Forehead, a broad band on the middle of the head, 
the sides of the neck and a broad collar on the upper back fawn- 
colour; lores, under the eye, and a broad band on the side of the 
crown extending to the upper back and there blending with the 
band on the other side, black; ear-coverts blackish in front, 
rufous behind; upper plumage, wing-coverts and the edges to 
the wings and tail ashy olive; primary-coverts and winglet dark 
brown ; tail brown, the outer web of the outermost feather white, 
the next two with some white at the tip; chin and throat silvery 
white, with the black bases of the feathers showing through ; the 
chin and a stripe under the cheek blacker than the other parts ; 
cheeks and entire lower plumage dark ferruginous. 
Colours of soft parts. Bill black; legs yellow-brown +a Ins 
brown (Jerdon); iris yellow (Blanford). 
Measurements. Length about 100 mm.; tail about 55 mm.; 
wing about 60 mm.; culmen about 7 nm.; tarsus about 17 mm. 
Distribution. Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan. 
Nidification and Habits. Very little on record. Blanford 
found it in Sikkim at 9,000 feet and upwards, and believed that 
it kept only to the pine-forests. 
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