(Bo +) 
above, is streaked with brown ; tail brown, centre feathers are pale 
having white tips ; beneath, plumage is earthy white ; supercilium a 
like colour, feathers having black shafts. 
Famity AMPELIDAS 
This group includes birds of a different type from the foregoing. 
They have short tarsi and strong feet, more suitable for perching, 
than progression on the land. Bill is strong and inclined to be 
conic in shape. Birds found in this family, have bright. and prettily 
coloured plumage, as a whole. They feed much on buds, insects 
and berries. Not a few of them possess rich vocal powers, which 
rival some of our warblers. Ampelide are arboreal in habits, and 
are closely related to the Tits. 
Sup-FAMILY LEIOTRICHIN At 
A big number of representatives are found in Darjeeling and the 
district. Usually birds having a restricted geographical distribution. 
Some are found only in a few of the states of eastern Himalayas. 
These interesting birds have rich and varied colours. Bill is short 
in many of the species, wide at the base ; in some groups lengthened 
and a little curved ; tail fairly short; tarsi short and strong; feet 
and claws strong, the latter a bit curved and sharp. Plumage varied, 
well-marked with bright colours in some species, whilst others are 
dull in colour. Most of the groups have ample crest feathers. First 
two birds, belonging to Genus Cochoa, purpuria and viridis (607-8) 
are very rare, viridis more so. They are now and then, met with, 
in thick forests about 9,000 to 10,000 feet elevation. They are 
extremely shy and solitary in their habits. They appear to seclude 
themselves near unfrequented places, in close proximity to springs of 
water in jungle retreats. I have on one or two occasions observed 
them in places, where I would have expected to find Wood-cock, 
Scolopar rusticola (867) or Gallinago Solitaria. 
(607) CocHOA PURPUREA, Purple Thrush-Tit, is found on fairly 
high altitudes. On rare occasions, I saw it in thick bamboo jungles 
near Tongloo. These birds have given much trouble to find their 
relationship to better known and perhaps more typical groups. Their 
richly coloured plumage, moderately short tarsi bones, ete. and 
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