162 TIMEUID/E. 



black stripe above it extending on each side to the nape and meeting behind ; 

 upper surface of the body, including the wing covert and quills, rufescent olive 

 brown, more rufescent on the wings and tail ; chin, throat, sides of the neck, 

 breast, middle of abdomen, and wing lining uniform pale rufescent ; tibial 

 plumes darker ; sides, flanks, and lower tail coverts somewhat rufescent olive 

 brown ; legs, feet, and claws fleshy pink ; bill black, tip albescent horny ; 

 irides pale yellowish red. (Hu?ne, ex Sharped) 



Length. 5-5 inches ; wing 2-05 ; tail 2-35 ; tarsus 0-9 ; culmen 0-4. 



H a fr Tenasserim. According to Gates this species was discovered by Mr. 

 Davison in the pine forests of the Salween River north of Pahpoon, and was 

 again met with by him on Moleyit Mountain. Davison found the bird gene- 

 rally in small parties, occasionally in pairs or singly. They feed on the ground 

 among the low brushwood, chiefly on insects. The nest is a globular struc- 

 ture made of reed-leaves and lined with fibres, and is generally placed on or 

 close to the ground. Eggs, three in number ; white, marked with dark brown 

 or black, and also with a little dull purplish. The nests were found in 

 Mooleyit in February. 



Gen. IxuluS. Hodgs. 



Bill as long as in Minla, straight ; very slightly curved at the tip and notched ; 

 rictal setae scanty and minute ; wings moderate, the first three quills graduated, 

 the next three sub-equal ; tail moderate, sometimes slightly furcate ; tarsus 

 moderate, stout, longer than the culmen ; head with a large blunt crest ; 

 plumage plain and of sombre tint. Habits arboreal ; food insects, flowerbuds, 

 small fruits, &c. 



642. IxulUS flaviCOllis (Hodgs), Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vii. 

 p. 612 ; Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 82 ; id. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 24 ; id. J.A.S. Be?ig. 

 xiv. p. 562 ; J erd. B. 2nd. ii. p. 258 ; Godwin- Aust., J. A. S. JBeng. xxxix, 

 p. 109; jBroolcs, Sir. F. 1875, p. 252; Hume, Sir. F. 1879, P- IO 45 *'<? 

 Nests and Eggs, ii. p. 395. The YELLOW-NAPED FLOWER-PECKER. 



Above, including the wing coverts, dusky brown ; quills dark brown ; the outer 

 webs dusky brown ; primaries edged with white near the tips ; upper tail coverts 

 and tail dusky brown, the feathers of the latter with olivaceous margins ; head 

 crested, the crown brown ; occipital plumes greyish ; sides of the neck with an 

 orange brown or rusty yellow demi-collar; cheeks, lores, and ear coverts 

 brown ; a ring of white feathers round the eye ; spot in front of the eye and 

 moustachial streak black ; chin and throat white ; rest of the under surface 

 pale yellow ; the throat and foreneck with a few dusky streaks ; sides of the 

 body shaded with brownish and with yellowish streaks ; under tail coverts 

 ochraceous ; wing lining white. The female is nearly white beneath, or the 

 yellow is very pale, Bill fleshy brown ; legs fleshy yellow ; irides brown. 



