MACHLOLOPHTJS. 89 



Colour of soft parts and measurements as in the Nepal bird. 



Distribution. Simla Hills, northwards. The division between 

 the Grarhwal and Simla birds is curious and unusual but is very 

 marked. 



(72) Sylvipams modestus saturation 

 THE CHINESE YELLOW-BROWED TIT. 



Si/lviparus saturation- Rippon, Bull. B. 0. C., xvi, p. 87 (1900) 

 (Mt. Victoria, Chin Hills). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Like the Nepal Yellow-browed Tit hut much 

 darker and duller both above and below. The under plumage is 

 also more grey and less yellow. 



Distribution. Hills South of the Brahmaputra, N. Burma, 

 East into China. 



Nidification unknown. 



Habits. Very little recorded. A bird of high elevations like 

 the other races. 



Genus MACHLOLOPHUS Cabanis, 1850. 



This genus contains a group of rather large Titmouses with black 

 and yellow plumage, structurally close to the genus Parus but 

 with long pointed crests. Like Parus, however, the birds of this ' 

 genus have a broad ventral band and graduated tails. 



Key to Species and Subspecies. 



A. Forehead bright yellow. 



a. Paler and brighter, green of back 



more yellow and less olive .... M . spilonottis spilonotus, p. 89. 



b. Darker, green of back more olive, 



less yellow and with more black 



in proportion ................ M. s. subviridis, p. 90. 



B. Forehead black. 



c. Paler and brighter, tips of wing- [p. 90. 



coverts yellow ................ M. xanthogenys xanthoyenys, 



d. Darker and duller, tips of wing- 



coverts white ................ M. x. aplonotus, p. 91. 



(73) Machlolophus spilonotus spilonotus. 

 THE NORTHERN BLACK-SPOTTED YELLOW-TIT. 



Parus spilonotus Blyth, Cat. B.M. A.S., xvi, p. 445 (1849) (Hima- 



layas, N. Cachar). 

 Machlolophus spilonotus. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 54. 



Vernacular names. Muchetink-plio (Lepcha). 



