52 CORVID2E. 



the outermost feather with the outer web white and the inner 

 tipped white, the next feather obliquely, and the next very 

 narrowly tipped white ; lower plumage reddish fawn, the portion 

 immediately next the black throat deep rusty red. 



Bill black ; iris pale creamy or white ; feet pale orange ; claws 

 dusky or brown (Scully). 



Length about 5 ; tail 2-2 ; wing 2'2 ; tarsus '65 ; bill from 

 gape *35. 



The young have the black chin and throat of the adult faintly 

 indicated and the colours duller. 



Distribution. Confined apparently to the north-west portion of 

 Kashmir. Biddulph obtained this bird about fifteen miles above 

 Gilgit, and Scully states that it is a permanent resident along the 

 course of the main valley above Gilgit from Bargo to Singal at 

 elevations from 5500 to 7000 feet. It extends into the adjoining 

 parts of Afghanistan. 



38. JEgithaliscus niveigularis. The White-throated Tit. 



Orites niveogularis, Gould, Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 140. 

 ^Egithaliscus niveogularis (Gould), Jerd. B. I. 11, p. 272 j Hume, 



Cat. no. G36. 

 Acredula niveogularis (Gould), Gadow, Cat. B. M. viii, p. 58. 



Coloration. Forehead and front of crown, cheeks, chin, throat, 

 and sides of neck white ; lores and a very broad eye-band black, 

 the two bands partially blending on the nape ; ear-coverts hair- 

 brown slightly streaked with whitish ; hind crown and nape buffy 

 brown ; upper plumage, wing-coverts, and edges of the wing-feathers 

 ashy grey, all but the latter tinged with isabelline ; tail brown, the 

 outermost feather with the outer web white, the next two white 

 along the shaft and at the tip ; lower plumage pinkish buff, divided 

 from the white of the throat by a broad brown band. 



The young have the chin and throat pinkish ; otherwise they 

 resemble the adult. 



Bill in the dry state black ; legs reddish brown. 



Length about 4'3 ; tail 2-2 ; wing 2-3 ; tarsus '7 ; bill from 

 gape -4. 



Distribution. I have examined specimens obtained at Simla ; at 

 Gulmurg in Kashmir ; and at another place in the same State at 

 10,000 feet of elevation, but with no precise locality. The species 

 is also contained in the Pin will Collection from the N.W. Hima- 

 layas. I can find no information about the distribution of this 

 rare bird beyond what the above-noted specimens afford. Gould 

 received it from N. India. 



39. JEgithaliscus ioschistns. The Rufous-fronted Tit. 



Parus iouschistos, Hodgs., Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 943 (1844) ; 



Blyth, Cat. p. 104. 

 Orites (?) jouschistos (Hodys.), Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 375. 



