188 PARID/E. 



678. PaTOS dichrOUS, ffodgs. m Gra-y's Zoo I. Misc. (1844), p. 85 ; 

 id., J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 943 ; id. Ann. Nat. Hist. xv. p. 236 ; Ely Ms Cat. 

 B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 104; Gould, B. Asia, pt. xi. ; Gadow, Cat. B. Br. Mus t 

 viii. p. 33. Lophophanes dichrous (ffodgs.), Jerd.^ B. Ind. ii. p. 273, 

 No. 637. The BROWN-CRESTED TIT. 



Forehead and sides of the head, also sides of the neck, forming a demi- 

 collar dirty or creamy white ; crown of the head, including the long recurved 

 crest, brownish grey ; under surface of the body, including the under wing 

 coverts, pale ochraceous, washed with greyish on the flanks and on the throat. 

 Bill dusky bluish ; feet plumbeous ; iris brick red. 



Length. 4-5 to 5 inches ; wing 2 f 8 ; tail 2 \ tarsus O'8 ; culmen 0*45. 



Hob. Throughout the Himalayas, from Cashmere eastwards and in the 

 hills of Moupin. It is found about Simla and Mussoorie, also in Nepaul and 

 Darjeeling. Jerdon mentions a specimen obtained by Adams on the oak 

 covered slopes of one of the lesser ranges near the valley of Cashmere. 



677. ParilS mOdestUS (Burton), Gadow, Cat. B. Br. Mus. viii. 

 p. 33. Sylviparus modestus, Burton, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 154; Blyth, Cat. B. 

 Mus. As. Soc. p. 104; Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 267, No. 632. Parus sericophrys, 

 Hodgs., J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 942. The YELLOW-BROWED TIT. 



Above light olive green, a little yellower on the rump ; head not crested ; 

 crown and hind neck olive green ; the forehead more greyish and less olive ; 

 supercilium yellow ; sides of the head, throat and foreneck, also entire under 

 parts dingy yellowish ; the flanks and lower abdomen tinned with greenish ; 

 wing coverts, quills and tail dusky brown, edged with the colour of the back. 

 Bill and legs plumbeous ; iris light brown. 



Length. 3-5 inches; wing 2'i$ to 2-3; tail 1-3 ; tarsus O'6 ; culmen 0*35. 



Ha<b. Himalayas, throughout which Jerdon says it is found. He adds 

 that he procured one specimen near Ajunteh, at the edge of the northern 

 ghauts, and again at Darjeeling. It hunts about in small flocks among the 

 foliage and flowers of high trees, feeding chiefly on minute insects. 



678. Parus nuchaliS, Jerd., J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 131 (1844); M., 

 Illustr. Ind. Orn. pi. 46 ; id., Birds of India, vol. ii. p. 279 ; Adams, Str. F. 

 l8 73> P- 385 ; Butler, Str. F. 1875, p. 292 ; id., 1877, p. 221 ; Gadow, Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus. viii. p. 38. The WHITE-NAPED BLACK-TIT. 



Head above, hind neck, mantle and back glossy black ; a white spot on 

 the nape, sides of the breast and neck ; cheeks, ear coverts, flanks, thighs, 

 sides of the abdomen, under tail-coverts, also most of under wing coverts 

 white ; chin, throat and a broad line extending down the middle of the breast 

 and abdomen black ; wing coverts dark brown, nearly black ; quills the same, 

 the primaries with a basal white patch on the outer webs forming a band 



