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Above ashy olive brown, the head crested, dull, vinous brown ; the quills- 

 brown; secondaries, and wing coverts like the back; the primaries tinged 

 reddish brown ; tail light fulvous brown, the feathers edged at the tips with 

 whitish ; sides of the crown with a black streak extending to the sides of the 

 nape ; ear coverts and sides of face vinous brown with paler tips to some of 

 the feathers ; throat and foreneck ashy brown, washed with vinous on the chin ; 

 rest of under surface of the body light fulvous brown ; axillaries like the 

 breast ; under wing coverts pale tawny buff. Bill orange yellow ; legs slaty 

 grey ; irides brown. 



Length TZ to 775 inches; wing 3*65 to 3-8; tail 4-3; tarsus 1-2; culmen 

 0-6. 



Hab. Eastern Himalayas, Nepaul to Darjeeling and Sikkim. Jerdon says 

 it is peculiar to the more elevated regions of Nepaul, living in thick brush- 

 wood in small flocks, frequently alighting on the ground and feeding on bugs 

 and other insects. 



Gen. Chleuasicus. ^/y//&. 



Characters the same as in Suthora, but the bill is shorter, wider and more 

 tumid on the sides. 



593. Chleuasicus ruficeps, Biytk, 7. A. S. B. xiv. p. 578 ; Jtrd., 



B. Ind. ii. p. 7, No. 377 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 95 ; Var. atrosuperciliaris, 

 Godwin-Aust., J. A. S. B. 1877, p. 147; Hume, Str. F. 1877, P- 499-~ 

 The RED-HEADED TIT-THRUSH. 



Head, which is much crested, and the hind neck, bright ferruginous or bright 

 sandy rufous ; a ring of buffy white feathers round the eye ; wings brighter 

 rufous than the back ; tail brown with obsolete dusky barrings ; entire under 

 parts white with a very slight tinge of buffy. Bill whitish horny ; legs greenish 

 plumbeous ; irides red brown. 



Length. 5-5 to 6' 5 inches ; wing 2-95 ; tail 3-1 ; tarsus 0-95 ; culmen 0-6. 



Hab. Eastern Himalayas, extending into Assam and N. Cachar. As yet 

 only obtained at Darjeeling and Sikkim. 



594. ChleuasicUS fulvifrons, Hodgs., Icon. ined. in Br. Mus. 

 Passeres, pi. 109; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. p. 495. Suthora fulvifrons, 

 Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 579; Jerd. t B. Ind. ii. p. 9, No. 380. The 

 FULVOUS-FRONTED TIT-THRUSH. 



Crown of the head, cheeks, throat and breast tawny buff, the forehead and 

 chin slightly deeper ; wing coverts like the back, the greater series edged 

 like the quills with golden buff ; tail ashy brown margined with the same 

 golden buff ; sides of body light grey ; abdomen whitish ; under tail coverts 

 buffy white. 



Length. 5 inches ; wing 2-25 ; tail 2*7; tarsus 0*8. 



Hab. Nepaul and Darjeeling. 



