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45. Lophophanes aemodius. The Himalayan Cole-Tit 



Parus semodius, Hodgs., Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xiii, p. 943 (184-1) ; Jerd. 



B. I. ii, p. 276; Gadow, Cat. B. M. viii, p. 41. 

 Lophophanes aemodius (Hodys.}, Blanf. J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii. p. 57 ; 



Hume, Cat. no. 642. 

 Lophophanes humii ; Brooks, J. A. S. B. xlii, p. 57 (1873). 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, crest, lores, sides of the head and 

 nape, chin, throat, and sides of the neck black; cheeks, ear-coverts, 

 and a nape-patch white ; upper plumage and exposed parts of wings 

 and tail bluish ashy ; the rump tinged with ferruginous, the median 

 and greater coverts tipp.ed with white, forming two wing-bars, the 

 'tertiaries and later secondaries minutely tipped with white ; lower 

 plumage, axillaries, and under wing-coverts ferruginous. 



Iris dark brown ; legs leaden-grey ; bill black (Blanf ord). 



Length about 4-2; tail 17; wing 2-4; tarsus -65; bill from 

 gape -4. 



Distribution. Sikhim and Nepal, from which latter State there 

 are some of Hodgson's specimens in the British Museum. It is 

 apparently found at high elevations only. 



46. Lophophanes rubidiventris. The Rufous-bellied Crested Tit. 



Parus rubidiventris, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 445 (1847) ; id. Cat. 



p. 104 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. \, p. 372 ; Gadow, Cat. B. M. viii, p. 30. 

 Lophophanes rubidiventris (Blyth), Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 274 ; Hume, 



Cat. no. 639. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, nape, hind neck, lores, chin, and 

 throat dark brown or blackish, but never the deep black of L. melano- 

 lophus, L. rujinuchalis, and L. beavani; cheeks, ear-coverts, the sides 

 of the neck, and a large nuchal spot white ; upper plumage olive- 

 brown ; the wings and tail brown with bluish-ashy edges, and the 

 upper tail-coverts tipped with fulvous ; lower plumage and under 

 wing-coverts ferruginous. 



In the dry state the bill is black and the legs dark brown. 



Length about 4'5 ; tail 1*9 ; wing 2-5 ; tarsus '7 ; bill from gape '5. 



Distribution. Nepal, where procured by Hodgson. In the Pin- 

 will Collection there are specimens from the N.W. Himalayas, 

 which locality probably refers to Kumaon. 



47. Lophophanes rufinuchalis. The Simla Blade Tit. 



Parus rufonuchalis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xviii, p. 810 (1849) ; Blyth, 

 Cat. p. 103 ; Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 72 ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 568 j 

 Gadow, Cat. B. M. viii, p. 29. 



Lophophanes rufonuchalis (Blyth), Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 274 ; Hume 8f 

 Headers. Lah. to Yark. p. 229 ; Brooks, S. F. iii, p. 25-']; Hume, Cat. 

 no. 640 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 62 ; Biddulph, Ibis, 1882, 

 p. 281 ; Oates in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 42. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, crest, hind neck, lores, base of bill, 

 chin, throat, breast, and upper part of the abdomen, produced on 

 to the lower part of the abdomen as a broad band, black ; a large 



