316 TIMALIIDJE. 



Description. Differs from Hodgson's Blue- winged Siva in having 

 the upper plumage more olive-brown and in having no white tips 

 to the wing-quills. 



Colours of soft parts and Measurements as in the last bird, 

 the culmen averaging a little larger. 



Distribution. Kachin 'Hills to Yunnan and the Shan States. 



Nidification. Nothing recorded but a nest and egg sent me from 

 the Shaii States are exactly like those of the last bird. 



Habits those of the genus. 



(337) Siva cyanouroptera sordida. 



THE DULL SIVA. 



Sira sordida Hume, S. F., v, p. 104 (1877) (Muleyit) ; Blanf. & 

 Gates, i, p. -210. 



Vernacular names. Xone recorded. 



Description. Differs from Hodgson's Blue-winged Siva in having 

 the upper parts earthy-brown, the under parts entirely white and 

 no white tips to the wing-quills. 



Colours of soft parts. " Lower mandible, legs, feet and claws 

 whitey-brown ; upper mandible darker but still pale brown ; iris 

 creamy-white " (Oates). 



Measurements. Wing 62 mm. ; tail 68 mm. ; culnieu 14 mm. 



Distribution. Mt. Muleyit in Tenasserim. 



Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded. 



(338) Siva cyanouroptera oatesi. 



GATES 's SIVA. 



Siva ci/anouroptem oatesi Harington, Bull. B. O. C., xxxiii, p. 62 

 (1913) (Byingyi Mountain). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Intermediate between wingatei and sordida. Above 

 olive-brown tinged with ochre on the rump but the head almost 

 entirely dull blue, showing only faint indications of the stripes 

 which are conspicuous in wingatei. Below white. 



Distribution. Mt. Byingyi, borders of Shan States. 



Nidification and Habits unknown. 



Genus YUHINA Hodgson, 1836. 



The genus Yuliina contains four species which are found within 

 the limits of this work, extending from the "Western Himalayas 

 to Assam, Burma and China. 



In Yuliina the bill is about two-thirds the length of the head, 

 greatly curved and sharply pointed ; the frontal hairs and rictal 



