116 PARA DOXORNITHID®. 
Genus PSITTIPARUS Hellmayr, 1903. 
Blanford’s name of Seworhynchus being preoccupied, Hellmayr’s 
name of Psittiparus must be used for this genus. It differs from 
Neosuthora in having the tail longer, about equal to the wing and 
still less graduated, the outermost feather, being nearly or quite 
five-sixths the length of the central ones. ‘The bill is larger and 
longer in proportion. The Ist primary is a little more than half 
the length of the 5th, 6th and 7th, which are longest and 
subequal. The legs are exceptionally strong. 
Key to Species and Subspecies. 
A. Crown of head rufous; chin white. 
a. Wing under 90 mm. ; bill from front to 
tips am i oie eee ee eine P. ruficeps ruficeps, p. 116. 
b. Wing 90 mm. or over; bill from front 
GO RAD AUG TAIT ee ene P, r. bakert, p. 117. 
B. Crown of head grey ; chin black. 
c. Wing over 90 mm.; under parts white. P. gularis gularis, p. 118. 
d. Wing under 90 mm. ; under parts suf- 
fusedswith falyOus <6. e's muerte teeter P. g. transflurialis, p. 118. 
(104) Psittiparus ruficeps ruficeps. 
Tire Rep-HEADED Parrot-BILu. 
Paradoxornis ruficeps Blyth, J. A.S. B., (1) 11, p. 177 (1842) (Bootan). 
Sceorhynchus ruficeps. Blanf. & Oates, 1, p. 63. 
Vernacular names. Chongto-phep-pho (Lepeha). 
Description. Head, nape, upper back, lores, cheeks and ear- 
coverts chestuut ; upper plumage, tail and exposed parts of wings 
olive-brown, tinged with rufous; the whole lower plumage white, 
tinged with brown on the sides of the body, vent, thighs and 
under tail-coverts. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris deep red-brown; upper mandible 
horny brown, lower fleshy-brown ; eyelids and mouth slate-blue ; 
legs dark plumbeous blue ; claws horn-brown, 
Measurements. Total length about 180 mm.; wing 84 to 
86 mm. ; tail about 85 mm.; bill “from forehead to tip in a 
straight line 14 mm.” (Hurtert) ; tarsus about 28 mm. 
Distribution. Hills north of the Brahmaputra east to Sadiya. 
Nepal and Sikkim. 
Nidification and Habits. Not distinguishable from those of the 
next subspecies. Seven eggs in my collection average 22°8 x 
16°7 mm. 
