118 PAR ADOXOMs'ITHID.E. 



the typical bleat of the family. So curiously like is it to the 

 plaintive bleat of a small kid in distress that I have more than 

 once been deceived by it. 



Whilst almostas active as the Titmouses in climbing about, they 

 are much less so on the wing, for their flight is fluttering, ill- 

 sustained and weak, nor do they ever take to wing unless com- 

 pelled. 



Their food is principally insectivorous, but they also eat a 

 certain amount of seeds and even grain. 



(106) Psittiparus gularis gularis, 



THE GEEY-HEADED PARROT-BILL. 



Paradoxornis yularis Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, p. 389 (1845) (Sikkim). 

 Scceorhynchus gularis. Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 69. 



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



Description. Forehead, nasal plumes, a supercilium from the 

 forehead to the nape and the cliin black ; lores and round the eye, 

 cheeks and lower plumage white ; flanks and sides of breast only 

 slightly suffused with buff; ear-coverts pale grey ; crown and nape 

 dark grey ; upper plumage, tail and visible portions of closed 

 wing rufous-brown. 



Colours of soft parts. Iris deep red-brown ; bill chrome-yellow 

 to an almost orange horny yellow ; legs and feet slaty-brown, 

 occasionally with a bluish tinge. 



Measurements. Total length about 150 to 155 mm. ; wing 

 90 to 95 mm. ; tail about 80 mm. ; tarsus about 27 mm. ; culmen 

 about 12 to 13 mm. long and about 10 to 11 deep. 



Distribution. Sikkim and Bhutan and hills North of the 

 Brahmaputra. 



Nidification. Similar to that of P. ruficeps lakeri. The eggs 

 measure about 21-0 x 15'2 mm. 



Habits. Similar to the last. 



(107) Psittiparus gularis transfluvialis. 

 HARTDRT'S PAEEOT-BILL. 



Scaorhynchus gularis transfluvialis Ilartert, Nov. Zool., vii, p. 548 

 (1900) (Guilang, X. Cacliar). 



Vernacular names. Daomougasha goplm (Cachari) ; Indoo-rui 

 galiabale (Kacha Naga). 



Description. Differs from the Grey-headed Parrot-Bill in having 

 the whole of the under parts suffused with fulvous and in being 

 rather smaller. 



