SYLYIl'AIUS. 53 



. !:- it litiliscus iouschistos (Ilodgs.), Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 271 ; Blanf. J. A. 



S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 58 ; Hume, Cat. no. 6 '!">. 

 Acredula jouachistos (JEfodgs.), Gadow, Cat. B. M. viii, p. 58. 



Coloration. Forehead, a broad band on the middle of the head, 

 the sides of tbe neck, and a broad collar on the upper back fawn- 

 colour ; lores, under the eye, and a broad band on the side of the 

 crown extending to the upper back and there blending with the 

 baud on the other side, black ; ear-coverts blackish in front, rufous 

 behind ; upper plumage, wing-coverts, and the edges to the wings 

 and tail ashy olive ; primary-coverts and winglet dark brown ; tail 

 brown, the outer web of the outermost feather white, the next two 

 with some white at the tip ; chin and throat silvery white with 

 the black bases of the feathers showing through, the chin and a 

 stripe under the cheek blacker than the other parts ; cheeks and 

 entire lower plumage dark ferruginous. 



The young have the lower plumage pale rufous, and the black 

 and silvery feathers on the chin and throat are absent. 



Bill black ; legs yellow-brown ; iris brown (Jerdon) ; iris yellow 

 (Blanf.}. 



Length about 4 ; tail 2 ; wing 2*2 ; tarsus -65 ; bill from gape 

 35. 



Distribution. Nepal, Sikhim, and Bhutan. Blanford remarks 

 that it is probably found only in pine-forests. He observed it in 

 Sikhim at elevations of 9000 and 10,000 feet. 



Genus SYLVIPARUS, Burton, 1835. 



Resembles Parus, but has a proportionately smaller bill and 

 a square or slightly-forked tail ; plumage greenish ; no ventral 

 band. 



40. Sylviparus modestus. The Ydlow-browed Tit. 



Sylviparus modestus, Burton, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 154; Blyth, Cat.?. 104; 

 Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 373 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 267 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. 

 7?.xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 51 ; Godw.-Amt. J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. ii, p. 169 ; 

 Hume, Cat. no. 632 ; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 322 ; Marsh. Ibis, 1884, 

 p. 418 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 253. 



Parus seriophrys, Hodgs., Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 942 (1844). 

 Parus modestus (JBwt.) t Gadow, Cat. B, M. viii, p. 33. 

 The Yellow-browed Flower-pecker, Jerd. 



Coloration. Upper plumage, sides of neck, and the wings and 

 tail olive-green, the feathers of the crown centred with brown ; 

 sides of the head yellowish green slightly mottled with brown ; a 

 ring of feathers round the eye arid a short eyebrow yellow : lower 

 plumage yellow tinged with ochraceous ; edge of wing and the 

 under wing-coverts bright yellow. 



Bill dark plumbeous, palest along the commissure and at base of 

 the lower mandible ; legs and feet plumbeous ; iris very dark 

 brown (Davison). 



