3.26 Mv. B. H. Hodgson on six neiv species of Nepalese Birds. 



In conclusion, it may be as well to add, for formes sake, that I 

 now adopt the old names of spinulosurn and dilatatum for these 

 species, from conviction that they have the claim of priority. 



St. John's Coll., Cambridge, March 1845. 



XLVI. — Characters of six new species of Nepalese Birds. By 

 Brian H. Hodgson, Esq., late British Resident at Nepal. 



Parusjouchistos. — Back and wing-coverts gray, slightly tinged 

 with olive ; cheeks, breast, abdomen and tail-coverts rufous ; top 

 of the head shining black ; a line from the base of culmen extend- 

 ing over the crown of the head to the nape rufous white ; throat 

 gray; quills and tail blackish brown, margined with gray, and 

 the two outer tail-feathers with white, \ 



Length 4^ inches ; bill from gape 4 lines ; wings 2| inches ; 

 tarsi 9 lines. 



Parus seriopjJirys. — Yellowish olive ; coverts of wings, quills and 

 tail-feathers blackish browm, the former with pale tips, the two 

 latter margined with greenish yellow ; under surface yellowish 

 white ; a spot of bright yellow over each eye. 



Length 4 inches ; bill from gape 4 Knes ; wings 2^ inches ; 

 tarsi 8 lines. 



Parus dichrous. — Cinereous ; forehead, cheeks, and throat 

 brownish white ; breast and abdomen pale rufous ; quills and tail- 

 feathers brown, margined with cinereous. 



Length 4^ inches ; bill fi-om gape 5 lines ; wings 2| inches ; 

 tarsi 9 lines. 



Oreocincla rostrata. — Upper surface uniform ochraceous brown; 

 beneath ochraceous white, the fore part of neck spotted with black, 

 the feathers of the breast and abdomen margined with black ; a 

 line from the nostrils through each eye white ; under tail-coverts 

 white w ith dusky edges on the outer sides. 



Length 11 inches; bill fi-om gape \\ inch ; wings 5^ inches; 

 tarsi 11 inch. 



lanthocincla [Trochalopteron) suhunicolor. — Ohvaceous, tinged 

 with rufous on the lower part of the back, some of the feathers of 

 the upper part of the back margined with black ; quills black, basal 

 part of outer webs bright yellow^, the other part gray ; tail with 

 middle feathers olivaceous browTi, the outer feathers black, tipped 

 with white. 



Length 8:[ inches ; bill from gape 9 lines. 



Leiothrix [Proparus) chrijsotis. — Cinereous, tinged with olive 

 on the uropygium ; forehead blackish cinereous ; throat silvei-y 

 gray ; breast and abdomen yellow ; wing-coverts and quills black, 

 the latter margined internally with white, and exteriorly with 



