196 PARID^E. 



689. Acredula niveogularis (Moore), Gadow, Cat. B. Br. 



Mus. viii. p. 58. Orites (?) niveogularis, Moore, P. Z. S 1854, p. 140. Acanthi- 

 parus niveogularis, Gould, B. Asia, pt. 7, 1855. ^Egithaliscus niveogularis 

 (Moore), Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 272, No. 636. The WHITE-THROATED 

 TIT-MOUSE. 



Forehead white, passing to buff brown on the occiput and nape ; lores, over 

 the eyes and ear coverts black, passing as a band to the sides of the nape ; 

 upper surface of the body ashy grey, a little fulvous on the rump ; tail, quills 

 and wing coverts brownish grey, narrowly edged with grey ; most of the tail 

 feathers broadly tipped with white ; cheeks, chin, throat, foreneck and sides 

 of the neck white ; a broad band of a brownish tinge across the breast, the 

 lower part of which with the abdomen is pale pinky-isabelline or reddish 

 fawn, passing to white on the middle of the abdomen. Bill black ; feet 

 yellowish ; iris brown. 



Length. 4*5 inches; wing 2-4 to 2*5; tail 2*3 to 2-5 ; tarsus 0*6 5; cul- 

 men 0*37 to 0*4. 



Hal. Northern and North-Western India. Acredula leucogenys occurs in 

 Afghanistan and Cashmere. 



Gen. .aSithalUS. - Boie. 



Bill short and straight, much pointed, slightly longer than that of Acredula ; 

 nostrils apert; wing longer in length than the tail ; third, fourth and fifth 

 primaries longest and forming the tip ; tarsus short and stout, covered in front 

 with transverse scutes ; feet small ; lateral toes unequal. 



690. JEgithalus flammiceps, Burton, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 153; 



Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 104; Bp. Consp. i. p. 231. Cephalopyrus 

 flammiceps, jferd*, B. Ind. ii. p. 267, No 633. The FLAME-FRONTED TIT. 



Forehead, crown and chin rich orange red ; sides of neck, throat, breast 

 and under surface of the body bright golden yellow, paler on the lower abdo- 

 men and under tail coverts ; upper surface of the body yellowish green, 

 brighter on the rump and upper tail coverts ; wing coverts, quills and tail 

 brown, the feathers edged with yellowish green ; under wing coverts white ; 

 axillaries yellow. Bill plumbeous ; legs leaden brown. 



Length. 4 inches ; wing 2-3 to 2-4 ; tail 1-4 ; tarsus 0*47; culmen 0*35 

 0-38. 



The female differs from the male in the colour of the crown and throat 

 being yellowish green, and duller everywhere. 



N.-W. Himalayas, extending from Cashmere into Afghanistan, 



