298 TIMALIID %. 
and keep much to the higher branches of firs, spruce and similar 
trees, using their wings far more and their feet tar less than birds 
of the preceding sub-family; at the same time their flight is dipping 
and slow, nothing like that of the Zurdide. They are rather 
noisy birds, but their notes are very pleasing and Hutton says 
their “lond, ringing call titterce, titteree, tuecyo quickly repeated 
may be constantly heard on wooded banks during summer.” 
(312) Leioptila capistrata pallida. 
THE Pan SIBIA. 
Tioptila capistrata pallida Hartert, Kat. Vig. Senckenb, Mus., p. 21 
(1891) (Simla). 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Differs from ZL. c. capistrata in being paler every- 
where and in having the lower parts a pale, almost pinkish 
rufous. 
Colours of soft parts and Measurements as in the last. 
Distribution. N.W. Himalayas, Hazara to Garhwal. 
Nidification. The nest and eggs cannot be distinguished from 
the last but Mr. A. E. Jones has taken some very beautiful 
erythristic clutches in Simla. Twenty-four eggs average about 
5:0x18:1mm. 
Habits. Found from 5,000 to 9,000 feet elevation in the same 
kind of haunts as the last bird. 
(313) Leioptila gracilis. 
THE GReEY SIBIA. 
Hypsipetes gracilis MeClell., P. Z,S., 1839, p. 159 (Assam). 
Lioptila gracilis. Blanf. & Oates, 1, p. 197. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Forehead, crown and lores black, paling on the 
nape and ear-coverts and blending with the rich slaty-brown of 
the hind neck, back and scapulars; rump and upper tail-coverts 
ashy-grey ; lesser, median and primary coverts, and outer feathers 
of the greater coverts black ; remaining greater coverts and inner- 
most secondaries bluish-ashy, edged with black, and the basal 
portions more or less white; quills black, the earlier primaries 
edged with hoary-grey on the outer webs; central tail-feathers 
bluish-grey with subterminal black bands, the black bands and 
grey tips increasing in extent until the outermost feathers are 
entirely black with grey tips; chin, throat and cheeks white, 
becoming fulvous on the breast and abdomen, the sides of which 
are washed with lilae; vent and under tail-coverts buff. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris red to bright crimson, reddish-brown 
in voung birds; bill black; legs and feet brown to brownish-black, 
the feet and claws darker still. 
