318 TIMALIID.E. 



speckled all over with light red. They measure 17'4x 12-6 mm. 

 All the uests were taken in May. 



Habits. Very little on record but it is found from 3,000 feet 

 upwards and principally between 4,000 and 7,000 feet. A gre- 

 garious bird and haunting trees in forest in preference to the lower 

 bushes and smaller cover. 



(340) Yuhina gularis yangpiensis. 

 SHAME'S YUHINA. 



Yuhina yangpiensis Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C., xiii, p. 11 (1900) (Yangpi, 

 Yimnau). 



Vernacular names. Chee-cJiaw-pum-frong, Chee-chaiv, Pum-cliee- 

 chaw (Kachin). 



Description. Very similar to the last but is more olive-brown 

 and less fulvous-brown above and the crest is fulvous-brown in- 

 stead of a rich hair-brown. 



Colours of soft parts. Iris brown ; upper mandible black, the 

 lower horny ; legs and feet orange. 



Measurements as in Y. g. gtdaris. , 



Distribution. Hills South of the Brahmaputra, Chin Hills, 

 Shan States and Yunnan. 



Nidification and Habits unrecorded. 



(341) Yuhina diademata ampelina. 

 BIPPON'S YUHINA. 



Yuhina ampelina Rippou, Bull. B. 0. C., xi, p. 12 (1900) (Warabum, 

 Bhamo Hills;. 



Vernacular names. Chee-cliaw-pum-frony, C/iee-chmv, Pum- 

 chee-chaw (KacbinX 



Description. Crest, wing-coverts and upper parts dark earth- 

 bruwn ; a line of silky-white feathers from each eye meeting 

 between the occiput and nape; crest with lighter shaft-streaks; 

 bastard wing and primary-coverts dark brown ; quills black, the 

 shafts brown, changing to white at the tips and the primaries 

 edged with white at. the ends ; tail-feathers brown, dusky on the 

 inner webs and at the tips and with white shafts ; lores black ; 

 eyelid white ; sides of face and ear-coverts greyish brown, the 

 latter with pale shaft-stripes; the anterior parD of the cheeks 

 darker brown : under parts earthy-brown, darker on chin and 

 throat, greyish on the breast and paler on flanks : centre of 

 abdomen and tail-coverts white. Axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts white with brown patch. 



Colours of soft parts. " Iris clear chestnut ; bill and feet 

 yellow " (David). 



