114 PAKADOXOBXITHID^;. 



(101) Suthora ruficeps ruficeps. 

 THE BED-HEADED SUTHOEA. 



Chleuasicus ruficeps Blyth, J. A.S.B., xiv, p. 578 (1845) (SikkimJ. 

 Suthora ntficeps. Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 67. 



Vernacular names. Chongto-pliep-plio (Lepcha). 



Description. Forehead and crest to hind neck bright chestnut ; 

 sides of the head and neck paler ; lower plumage white, tinged 

 with pink on the breast ; upper plumage rufous-brown, deeper on 

 the tail and exposed parts of the wings ; shafts of chin-feathers 

 distinctly black. 



Colours of soft parts. Bill creamy or fleshy white or pale 

 horny ; legs greenish plumbeous ; iris bright red-brown. 



Measurements. Total length about' 150 mm. ; wing 75 to 78 mm. ; 

 tail about 80 mm. ; tarsus about 23*5 mm.; culmen about 7'5 mm. 



Distribution. Sikkim only. 



Nidification unknown. 



Habits. A very rare bird found in Sikkim at 7,000 feet upwards. 

 The habits are probably much the same as those of the next bird. 



(102) Suthora ruficeps atrosuperciliaris. 

 THE BLACK-BBOWED SUTHOBA. 



Chleuasicus ruficeps var. atrosuperciliarisGodw.-Aust., P. A. S. Beng., 



1877, p. 147 (Sadiya, Assam). 

 Suthora atrisuperciliaris, Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 67. 



Vernacular names. Dao-mouyasha (Cachari). 



Description. Differs from the last bird in being darker and more 

 richly coloured everywhere and in having a well-defined black 

 eyebrow. 



Colours of soft parts. Maxilla fleshy, the culmen and base a 

 little darker and becoming bluish next the forehead, lower mandible 

 pale fleshy, the gonys almost white ; irides light bright brown ; 

 legs pale, clear bluish plumbeous, claws paler still. 



Measurements. Total length 145 to 150 ram.; wing57to59mm.; 

 tail about 99 mm. ; culmen about 10 mm. and from gape about 

 12 mm. 



Distribution. From Cachar to Lakhimpur in Assam, sonth of 

 the Brahmaputra and east of the Dibong in the Abor and Miri 

 Hills, north of the same river and thence eastwards to Yunnan, 

 through the Shan States. Godwin-Austen's birds trom Baladhan 

 were undoubtedly of this and not the last race. 



Nidification. The only nest I have seen of tbis bird was an 

 exact miniature of those of Puradoxornis and Psittiparus. Out- 

 wardly it measured 2'5" x 3" deep and inwardly 2" x 2". It was 

 composed of fine shreds of grass and reed-bark with a lining of 



