YUHINA. 171 



Gen. Yuhina. 



Bill rather long and slender, much compressed beyond the nares ; tip of 

 upper mandible slightly inclined with three serratures, forming minate teeth on 

 each side not always distinguishable ; a few weak rictal bristles, wing as in 

 Ixidus\ tail moderate nearly even (jferd?)\ head crested, its feathers 

 lengthened and longer than the culmen, Jerdon says they are usually 

 found in small flocks in the wild uplands of the Himalayas, preferring the 

 lower and more umbrageous trees. They feed on viscid stony berries and 

 seeds, also tiny insects from the inside of flowers. 



Yuhina gularis. 



655. Yuhina gularis, Ho-dgs,, Asiaf. &s. xix. 166 ; id., J. A. S*. B. 

 vi. p. 231 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 397 ; Jerd,, B. Ind. ii. p. 261, No. 626 ; Hume, 

 Nesls and Eggs, Ind. B. p. 396 ; Blyth and Wald., B. Burnt, p. 1 10 ; Hume, 

 Sir. F. 1879, p. 104 ; Scully L c p. 32?. The STRIPE-THROATED YUHINA. 



Above, including the least wing coverts, brown \ the lower back and rump 

 with a strong, fulvous wash ; median and greater coverts, with their outer edges 

 rufescent ; primaries and their coverts blackish ; the primaries margined with 

 ashy near the tips; secondaries edged exteriorly with orange; tail dull 

 brown, their inner webs dusky, also at the tips ; head fully crested, the feathers 

 long and recurved; the whole crown brown, washed with ashy, especially 

 on the nape and tips of the long crest feathers ; lores mottled with fulvous ; 

 ear coverts ashy brown ; cheeks, throat and breast pale vinous or obscure 

 wood brown, the throat streaked with black ; under surface of the body 

 orange brown, or bright orange rusty ; under tail coverts the same, sides of 

 the body duller orange brown ; axillaries and under wing coverts white, the 

 outermost of the latter ashy. Bill fleshy brown, the culmen dark brown ; 

 legs deep orange ; iris brown or dark brown. 



Length. 5'6 to 6*6 inches; wing 3; tail 2-3 to 2-5 ; tarsus 0*9; cu-lmen 07. 



Hab. Eastern Himalayas, from Nepaul to Bhootan. It is recorded from 

 Sikkim and Arrafcan, also from Darjeeling and Nepaul. According to 

 Jerdon it is common and abundant near Darjeeling, ascending as high as from 

 4,000 to 10,000 feet. It associates in large flocks of 15 20 or more. Parties 

 like these fly from tree to tree, alight on the middle of the trunk and ascend 

 or climb over the mossy trunk looking for insects till they gain the summit. 

 Hume has it from Hodgson's notes, that the species breeds from April to 



