SUTHOEA. 109* 



Distribution. The higher regions of Nepal and Sikkim ; Jerdon 

 obtained it at 10,000 feet near Darjeeling and Blanford in the 

 Lachung Valley between 7,000 and 8,000 feet elevation. It extends 

 to the mountains which lie between China and Tibet. 



Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded. 



(93) Suthora nepalensis, 



THE ASHY-BAKED SUTHOEA. 



Suthora nepalensis Hodgs., Ind. Eev., ii, p. 32 (1838) (Nepal) ; Blanf. 

 & Gates, i, p. 65. 



Vernacular names. Suthora (Nepal). 



Description. Forehead, crown and nape smoky grey ; a very 

 broad black supercilium from forehead to nape ; lores, round the 

 eye, and a short broad eyebrow white ; remainder of the side of 

 the head slaty blue ; upper plumage and wing-coverts orange- 

 brown; primary-coverts black ; primaries with hoary outer webs, 

 tinged with chestnut at base ; the outer quills chiefly chestnut on the 

 outer webs and tipped with white on both webs ; tail chestnut 

 broadly tipped with blackish ; point of the chin black ; throat rusty, 

 with black bars showing through ; lower plumage orange-fulvous. 



Colours of soft parts. Not recorded. 



Measurements. Total length about 110mm.; wing 47 to 49 mm.;, 

 tail about 55 to 58 mm. ; tarsus about 16 to 16-5 mm. ; culmea 

 about 5 mm. 



Distribution. Nepal only. 



Nidification and Habits. Nothing known. 



(94) Suthora poliotis poliotis, 



BLYTH'S SUTHORA. 



Suthora poliotis Blyth, J. A. S. B., xx, p. 522 (1851) (Cherrapanji, 

 Khasia Hills); Blauf. & Dates, i, p. 65. 



Vernacular names. Dao mougasha kashiba (Cachari). 



Description. Upper plumage bright orange-brown ; a broad 

 black supercilium extending to the nape and a narrow white line 

 below it ; lores, cheeks and under the eye white ; ear-coverts and 

 sides of the neck slaty-blue ; a streak of fulvous behind the eye 

 and over the front part of the ear-coverts ; chin and throat 

 black ; lower plumage bluish grey, becoming whitish on the 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts ; primary-coverts black; primaries 

 with hoary outer webs, tinged with chestnut at the base; the 

 outer quills chiefly chestnut on the outer webs and tipped with 

 white; tail chestnut broadly tipped with blackish. 



