jEGITHALISCUS. 95 



Distribution. Hill ranges South of the Brahmaputra, Ma- 

 nipur, Looshai and the extreme northern ranges of the Chin 

 Hills. 



Nidification. Its eggs have been taken by myself in Shillong, 

 and by Messrs. Hopwood, Mackenzie and others in the northern 

 Chin Hills, and many by Col. Tytler in the Naga Hills where it 

 is quite common. 



Mr. Mackenzie describes the nest as like a small and beautiful 

 specimen of the Long-tailed Tit's and remarks on its predilection 

 for brilliant feathers for use as a lining. The eggs are like those 

 of the Common Bed-headed Tit and are nearly always three only 

 in number. They measure about 13'0 x 10'3 mm. 



The breeding season seems to be May. 



Habits. Similar to those of others of the genus. In the 

 Khasia Hills and Cachar it is found as low as 5,000 feet, but over 

 most of its range it keeps abo^e 6,000 feet and ascends at least as 

 high as 9,000 feet. 



(79) JEgithaliscus concinnus pulchellus. 



THE SHAN BED-HEADED TIT. 



JEyithaliscus pulchellus Rippon, Bull. B. 0. C., xi,p. 2 (1900)(Nanoi, 

 S. Shan States). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Can be separated at once from Hume's Bed-headed 

 Tit by the wholly black supercilium, whilst from the next bird it 

 can be differentiated by the colour of the crown, which is brownish 

 buff rather than ochre. 



Colours of soft parts and measurements as in manipurensis. 



Distribution. Southern Shan States, Karenni. The limits of 

 the range of this subspecies are not yet known. 



Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded. Wardlaw Bamsay 

 got it in Karenni at 3,000 feet. 



(80) ^Jgithaliscus concinnus talifuensis.* 



BIPPON'S BED-HEADED TIT. 



JEgithaliscus talifuensis Rippon, Bull. B. 0. 0., xiv, p. 18 (1903) 

 (Gvi-dzin, N. Shan States;. 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Similar to Hume's Bed-headed Tit but has the 

 crown ochraceous rather than chestnut; the supercilium is black, 

 the plumage below is whiter, and the pectoral band darker, 

 though not so dark as in the Shan bird. 



* This form is very doubtfully distinct from JEgithaliscus concinnus con- 

 cinnus, from China and Yunnan. 



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