126 TIMELIID^E. 



Oates, B. Br. Burnt, p. 139. Heteromorpha ruficeps, Blyth, J . A. S. B. 

 xiv. p. 578. The RED-HEADED PINCH-THRUSH. 



Head, cheeks, ear coverts, nape and sides of the neck bright rufous, rest of 

 the upper plumage olivaceous brown, the bastard wing and primary coverts 

 washed with rufous ; quills reddish brown or sandy buff, the primaries paler 

 towards their ends ; upper tail coverts tinged with rufous; tail like the back r 

 the feathers with reddish shafts ; entire under surface white, the breast and 

 flanks washed with pale" fulvous ; under wing coverts and axillaries light 

 yellowish buff. Bill with the upper mandible horny brown, the lower one pale 

 yellowish ; irides red brown ; orbitar skin pale blue. 



Length.'] to 7-5 inches; wing 3-45 to 3-5; tail 3-5; tarsus 1-15- 

 culmen O'6. 



Hab. Eastern Himalayas, extending into Bunnah and Tennaserim. 

 Recorded from Nepaul, Bhootan, Karennee and Darjeeling. Jerdon says it is 

 found in the hilly regions of Nepaul and Sikkim, also on the Khasia hills r 

 extending into Arrakan. He found it in dense bamboo jungle feeding on 

 seeds, maize, rice, &c. Mr. Davison obtained it in Tennaserim. 



591. Suthora gulariS (Gray), Sharpe, Cat B. Br. Mus. vii, 

 p. 492. Paradoxornis gularis, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 389, pi. 94 ; Gould, 

 B. Asia, part vi.; Jerd. B Ind. ii. p. 5, No. 374 ; Wald. in Bl. B. Burm. 

 p. 117 ; Hume and Davison, Str. F, vi. p. 257 ; Hume. Str. F. viii. p. 95 ; 

 Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 131. The GREY-HEADED FINCH-THRUSH. 



Forehead, chin and a streak running from above the eye to the nape black - r 

 lores, feathers round the eye and cheeks whitish ; whole top of head and ear 

 coverts grey ; whole upper plumage ruddy brown ; wings and tail brown, 

 edged on the outer webs with ruddy brown ; lower plumage white. Bill 

 yellow ; legs and feet plumbeous ; claws pale ; irides light brown. 



Length. -6 inches ; wing 3-4; tail 3*2 ; tarsus 0^95 ; culmen 0*5. 



Nab. Eastern Himalayas from Sikkim eastward into the hill ranges of 

 N.-E. Bengal, and Burmah to Western Fokien in China. Not uncommon at 

 Darjeeling and Sikkim. 



It was obtained by Capt. Wardlaw- Ramsay in Karenne at an elevation of 

 5,600 feet. It has also been found in the hill tracts of Eastern Bengal, 

 Bhootan and Sikkim. 



592. Suthora Unicolor (Hodgs.), Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vii. 

 p. 493. Heteromorpha unicolor, Hodgs., Icon. ined. in Br. Mus. Passer es, 

 pi. 264; id. % J. A. S. B. xii. p. 448; Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 6, No. 376; 

 Hume Str. F. 1879, p. 95. Paradoxornis unicolor, Gray, Cat. Mam., etc., 

 Nepaul. pres.; Hodgs. p. iii. ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 500; (Gould), B. Asia, 

 part vi. The BROWN FINCH-THRUSH. 



