jEGITHALISCUS. ' 97 



Distribution. Western China, Yunnan and N.E. Shan States. 

 There are several specimens from the last place in the British 

 Museum Collection. 



Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded. 



(82) .ZEgithaliscus bonvaloti sharpei. 

 THE MT. VICTOKIA BLA.CK-HEADED TIT. 



JEgitlialiscus sharpei Rippon, Bull. B. O. C., xiv, p. 84 (1904) (Alt. 

 Victoria, Chin Hills). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Similar to the preceding bird, but is wholly rufes- 

 cent on breast and belly. The pectoral band is brownish and the 

 black on chin and on the throat is V-shaped. 



Measurements. Wing 50 to 55 mm.; tail 48 to 51 mm.; "culmen 

 0-3", tarsus 0-65" " (Sliarpe). 



Distribution. Higher mountains of the Chin Hills. 



Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded beyond the fact 

 that it is found in forests on the mountains of the Mt. Victoria 

 chain at 5,000 feet and upwards. 



(83) JEgithaliscus leucogenys. 

 THE WHITE-CHEEKED TIT. 



Orites leucogenys Moore, P. Z. S., xxii, p. 139 (1855) (Afghanistan). 

 ALyithaliscus leucogenys. Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 51. 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Forehead, crown and nape pale reddish brown ; 

 lores, a very broad band through the eye to the nape, chin and 

 throat black ; cheeks and ear-coverts white ; upper plumage, a 

 band over the ear-coverts, wing-coverts and the edges of the wing- 

 feathers olive-grey; wiuglet and primary-coverts dark brown ; 

 tail brown, the outermost feather with the outer web white and 

 the inner tipped with white, the next feather obliquely, and the 

 one next to this again very narrowly tipped with white ; lower 

 plumage reddish fawn, the portion immediately next the black 

 throat deep rusty red. 



Colours of soft parts. Bill black ; iris pale creamy or white ; 

 feet pale orange, claws dusky or brown (Scully). 



Measurements. Total length about 130 mm. ; tail about 

 55 mm.; wing about 55 mm.; tarsus about 17 mm.; culmen 

 about 8 mm. 



The young have the black chin and throat of the adult faintly 

 indicated only and the colours duller. 



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