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53. Suthora unicolor. The Brown Croiv-Tit. 



Heteromorpha unicolor, Hodgs. J.A. S. B. xii, p. 448 (1843) ; Jerd. B. 

 L ii, p. 6 ; Blanf. J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 45 ; Hume, Cat. no. 376. 

 Paradoxornis unicolor (Hodgs.}, Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 376. 

 Suthora unicolor (Hodgs.}, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 493. 

 The Brown Finch-Thrush, Jerd. ; Lho-ramnio-pho, Lepch. 



Coloration. Forehead and crest brown tinged with rufous ; lores 

 and a supercilium reaching to the nape black ; chin and sides of 

 head vinous-brown ; throat and sides of neck greyish brown ; 

 upper plumage olive-brown, strongly tinged with rufous on tail and 

 visible portions of wings ; breast and lower plumage dull fulvous. 



Fig. 23. Head of 8. unicolor. 



Iris hoary grey ; legs and feet greenish grey ; bill fleshy 

 yellowish (Hume, MS.). 



Bill orange-yellow ; legs slaty grey ; iris brown (Jerdoii). 



Length about 8; tail 4*2; wing 3*3; tarsus 1-2; bill from 

 gape -6. 



Distribution. The higher regions of Nepal and Sikhim. Jerdon 

 met with this species near Darjiling at 10,000 feet, and Elanford 

 in the Lachung Valley between 7000 and 8000 feet of elevation. 

 It extends to the mountains which lie between China and Tibet. 



54. Suthora liumii. The Black-fronted Grow -Tit. 



Suthora nipalensis, Hodgs. apud Blyth, Cat. p. 102 j Jerd. B. I. ii, 



p. 8 ; Hume, Cat. no. 378. 



Suthora poliotis, Blyth, apud Horsf. # M. Cat. i, p. 379. 

 Suthora liumii, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 487 (1883). 

 The Black-fronted Tit-Thrush, Jerd. j Suthora, Nepal. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, ear-coverts, back, wing-coverts, and 

 rump orange-brown ; upper tail-coverts orange-red; tail orange - 

 rufous, broadly terminated with black ; primary-coverts black ; 

 quills bright orange-red at base, the earlier primaries white exter- 

 nally, the others black with some white near the tips ; secondaries 

 margined with orange on the outer webs and tipped white ; a broad 

 supercilium from the bill to the nape black ; lores, cheeks, above 



