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coverts, a band under the eyebrow and a large round patch on the 

 throat black ; chin and a inoustachial streak white ; remainder of 

 the lower plumage ferruginous, with a paler band across the breast 

 next to the black of the throat ; upper plumage and wing-coverts 

 bluish grey ; primary wing-coverts and winglet dark brown ; quills 

 brown, narrowly edged with bluish grey ; tail dark brown suffused 

 with bluish grey, the outer web of the outermost feather white, the 

 inner tipped white ; the next two feathers tipped with white. 



Bill black ; gape fleshy ; iris pale yellow or yellowish creamy ; 

 feet buffy yellow ; claws livid (Scully}. 



Length about 4-2 ; tail 2 ; wing 2 ; tarsus '6 ; bill from gape '35. 



Distribution. Throughout the Himalayas from Hazara to Bhutan, 

 generally at elevations of from 6000 to 10,000 feet. South of 

 the Bramaputra River this species is replaced by the next. 



Habits, $c. Breeds from March to May, constructing a roundish 

 ball of a nest of moss, lichen, and roots in the branch of an oak 

 or a deodar and occasionally in tufts of grass and low bushes. 

 The eggs, four to eight in number, are pinkish, dotted with reddish 

 in a zone round the larger end ; they measure *56 by '45. 



36. 2Egithaliscus manipurensis. Hume's Red-headed Tit. 



^Egithaliscus erythrocephalus (Vic/.}, Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xliii, 

 pt. ii,p. 169 : Wald. inBlyttts Birds Burm. p. 112; Hume $ Dav. 

 S. F. yi, p. ^76; Oates, B. B. i, p. 127. 



us manipurensis, Hume, S. F. xi, p. 254 (1888). 



Coloration. Resembles 2E. erythrocephalus. Differs in having the 

 eyebrow black, streaked with white ; the pectoral band, next the 

 black throat, very white and distinct; and the lower plumage chest- 

 nut, the portion next the pectoral band being a brighter chestnut. 



The male has the legs and feet warm reddish-mahogany brown ; 

 claws darker ; bill black ; iris bright yellowish white. The female 

 has the legs and feet very pale orange-brown ; bill black ; iris 

 creamy-white. (Hume.} 



Length about 4-2 ; tail 2 ; wing 2 ; tarsus *35 ; bill from gape '3. 



Distribution. Shillong; the Naga Hills; the Limatol range in 

 the western hills of Manipur ; Karennee at 3000 feet. 



37. JEgithaliscus leucogenys. The White-cheeked Tit. 



Orites leucogenys, Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 1S9 ; Horsf. fy M. Cat. i, 



p. 374. 

 ^Egithaliscus leucogenys (Moore}, Hume, Cat. no. 634 bis ; Bid- 



did ph, Ibis, 1881, p. 71, 1882, p. 281 ; SctiUy, Ibis^ 1881, p. 567. 

 Acredula leucogenys (Moore}, Gadoiv, Cat. B. M. viii, p. 59. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, and nape pale reddish brown ; lores, 

 a very broad band through the eye to the nape, chin and throat 

 black ; cheeks and ear-coverts white ; upper plumage, a band over 

 the ear-coverts, wing-coverts, and the edges of the wing-feathers 

 olive-grey : winglet and primary-coverts dark brown ; tail brown, 



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