SUTHORA. 



. 3*8 inches; wing 1-7$ ; tail 2; tarsus 075 j culmen 0-35. 

 . Eastern Himalayas, Nepaul and Sikkim. 



588. Suthora poliotiS, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xx. p. 522. Suthora 

 munipurensis, Godw.-Aust. and Wald., Ibis, 1875, p. 250; Hutne, Str. F. 

 1876, p. 216 ; id., S/r. F. 1879, p. 95 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 487. 

 Suthora daflaensis, Godw.-Atist., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. xvii. p. 32 ; Hume, 

 Sir. F. 1876, p. 489; id., 1877, p. 138; Godw.-Aust., J. A. S. B. xlvii. 

 p. 15. The GREY-EARED TIT-THRUSH. 



Adult male. Similar to S. Humii, but distinguished at a glance by its 

 grey ear coverts and by the very distinct white eyebrow which extends above 

 the ear coverts. 



Length. 375 inches; wing 175; tail 2; tarsus 07 ; culmen 0*3. 



The adult female is similar, but has a wing of 1-85. (Sharpe.) 



Hab. Naga, Dafla and Munipur Hills. 



589. Suthora nipalensia, Hodgs., Ind. Rev. ii. p. 32 ; Blyth, J. 



A. S. B. xiv. p. 579 ; Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. S, No. 378 ; Hume, Sir. F. 1879, 

 p. 95 ; Sharpe, Cat B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 489. The BLACK-FRONTED TIT- 

 THRUSH. 



General colour above yellowish brown, brighter on the lower back ; head 

 greyish, washed with yellowish brown on the nape ; forehead and a broad 

 streak over the eye to the nape black ; lores, sides of the face and feathers at 

 base of lower mandible white ; throat black ; ear coverts and a spot behind 

 the eye below the black streak bright fulvous ; sides of the neck pure ashy ; 

 rest of under surface of the body bright golden buff ; thighs fulvous ; centre 

 of abdomen white ; upper and lower tail coverts orange chestnut ; tail cinna- 

 mon brown, edged externally with rufous or orange chestnut, deeper near the 

 tip ; wing coverts like the back ; primary coverts black, also the quills ; 

 primaries edged with white, golden chestnut at the base ; secondaries broadly 

 edged with golden chestnut, whitish near the tips ; under wing coverts and 

 edge of wing silky white. Bill black, bluish at base ; legs fleshy white ; irides 

 brown. 



Length. 4-2 to 4*5 inches; wing r8 to 2; tail 2*2 to 2-25 ; tarsus 07 ; 

 culmen 0-3. 



Hab. Himalayas from Nepaul to Sikkim. Jerdon obtained a specimen at 

 Darjeeling. It associates, according to Hodgson, in small flocks, frequenting 

 brushwood and tall grass. Has the manners of a Parus. 



590. Suthora ruficeps (.Blyth}, Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vii. 

 p. 491. Paradoxornis ruficeps, Blyth, J.A. S. B. xx.p. 177 ; Gould, B.Asia, 

 pt. vi. ; Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 5, No. 375 ; Blyth and Walden, B. Burm. 

 p. 117; Hume and Dav., Str. F. 1878, p. 257 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 95 ; 



