50 CORYID^E. 



rump slaty ; upper tail-coverts black ; tail black, the outer webs 

 suffused with blue, all the feathers tipped with white, the outer 

 web of the outermost pair of feathers entirely white ; lesser wing- 

 coverts black, edged with slaty ; the other coverts and the winglet 

 black, edged with blue and tipped with white, forming two wing- 

 bars ; the earlier primaries edged with white at base and below the 

 emargiuations ; the others, with the secondaries, edged with blue 

 and tipped with white ; tertiaries black, edged and tipped with 

 white ; abdomen, sides of breast, and axillaries deep yellow ; under 

 tail-coverts black tipped with white. 



The young are very similar to the adult. 



Bill black"; iris brown; legs dark plumbeous ; claws dusky (Scully}. 



Length about 5 ; tail 2'3 ; wing 2-7 ; tarsus -7 ; bill from gape -5. 



This Tit is of the same type of plumage as P. major of Europe 

 and Northern Asia, but is more brightly coloured, has two wing- 

 bars and more white on the tertiaries. 



Distribution. Throughout the Himalayas from Kashmir to Bhu- 

 tan. P. monticola also occurs in the Khasi and Naga Hills, and 

 Hume obtained it at Matchi on the Eastern Hills of Manipur. 

 It appears to be found chiefly from 4000 to 8000 feet of elevation. 



Habits, $c. This species breeds from March to June, constructing 

 a loose nest of moss and feathers in a hole of a tree, wall, or bank. 

 It lays five to eight eggs, which are very similar to those of P. atriceps 

 in colour, and measure '72 by '52. 



Genus JEGITHALISCUS, Gab., 1850. 



Similar to Parus but with a more graduated tail and the feathers 

 of the crown longer and more copious : no ventral band ; of dimi- 

 nutive size. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Chin white ; throat black. 



'. Eyebrow pure white &. eryt-hrocepluilus, p. 50. 



b'. Eyebrow black, streaked with white . . AL. manqmrensis, p. 51. 



b. Chin and throat black ^. leucoc/enys, p. 51. 



c. Chin and throat white &. niveiyularis, p. 52. 



d. Chin and throat silvery white JE. ioschistus, p. 52. 



35. JEgithaliscus erythrocephalus. The Red-headed Tit. 



Parus erythrocephalus, Viy. P. Z. S. 1831 ; p. 23 ; Gould, Cent pi. 30, 



fig. 1. 

 JEgithaliacufl erythrocephalus ( Viy.}, Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 270 ; Hume, 



N. # JE. p. 401 ; id. Cat. no. C34 ; Sadly, S. F. viii, p. 3:22 ; Gates 



in Hvm/t N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 36. 

 Orites erythrocephalus (Vig.^iSlytk, Cat. p. 104; Ilorsf. 8f M. Cat. i, 



p. 374. 

 Acredula erythrocephala ( Vig.}, Gadow, Cat. B. M. viii, p. G. 



Pyiong-samyi, Lepch. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, and nape chestnut ; a broad eye- 

 brow from the eye to the nape white; lores, round the eye, ear- 



