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(101) Suthora ruficeps ruficeps. 
THe Rep-HEADED SUTHORA. 
Chieuasicus ruficeps Blyth, J. A.S.B., xiv, p. 578 (1845) (Sikkim). 
Suthora ruficeps. Blant. & Oates, 1, p. 67. 
Vernacular names. Chongto-phep-pho (Lepcha). 
Description. Forehead and crest to hind neck bright chestnut ; 
sides of the head and neck paler; lower plumage white, tinged 
with pink on the breast ; upper plumage rufous-brown, deeper on 
the tail and exposed parts of the wings; shafts of chin-feathers 
distinctly black. 
Colours of soft parts. Bill creamy or fleshy white or pale 
horny; legs greenish plumbeous ; iris bright red-brown. 
Measurements. Total length about 150 mm.; wing 75 to78 mm. ; 
tail about 80 mm.; tarsus about 23°5 mm.; culmen about 7°5 mm. 
Distribution. Sikkim only. 
Nidification unknown. 
Habits. A very rare bird found in Sikkim at 7,000 feet upwards. 
The habits are probably much the same as those of the next bird. 
(102) Suthora ruficeps atrosuperciliaris. 
Tur BLack-BROWED SUTHORA. 
Chleuasicus ruficeps var. atrosuperciharis Godw.-Aust., P. A.S. Beng., 
1877, p. 147 (Sadiya, Assam). 
Suthora atrisuperciliaris, Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 67. 
Vernacular names. Dao-mougasha (Cachari). 
Description. Differs from the last bird in being darker and more 
richly coloured everywhere and in having a well-defined black 
eyebrow. 
Colours of soft parts. Maxilla fleshy, the culmen and base a 
little darker and becoming bluish next the forehead, lower mandible 
pale fleshy, the gonys almost white; irides hght bright brown; 
legs pale, clear bluish plumbeous, claws paler still. 
Measurements. Total length 145 tol50mm.; wing 57to59mm.; 
tail about 99 mm.; culmen about 10 mm. and from gape about 
12 mm. 
Distribution. From Cachar té Lakhimpur in Assam, sonth of 
the Brahmaputra and east of the Dibong in the Abor and Miri 
Hills, north of the same river and thence eastwards to Yunnan 
through the Shan States. Godwin-Austen’s birds trom Baladhan 
were undoubtedly of this and not the iast race. 
Nidification. The only nest I have seen of this bird was an 
exact miniature of those of Puradowornis and Psittiparus. Out- 
wardly it measured 2°5" x 3” deep and inwardly 2" x2". It was 
composed of fine shreds of grass and reed-bark with a lining of 
