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under tail-coverts bright fulvous ; a broad band from the lores over 

 the eye to the nape, the back, rump, and lesser wing-coverts olive- 

 yellow ; upper tail-coverts fulvous ; greater wing-coverts edged 

 with chestnut ; quills with the outer webs chestnut, except the 

 basal halves of those of the primaries, which are hoary ; rail black- 

 ish, the outer webs, except near the tips, more or less bright chest- 

 nut ; abdomen deep grey. 



Bill pale ; legs light brown (Jerdon). 



Length nearly 5 ; tail 2-6 ; wing 2-2; tarsus -8 ; bill from gape -3. 



Distribution. Nepal and Sikhim. Very little is known about 

 this bird, and it is very rare in collections. 



58. Suthora ruficeps, The Smaller Red-headed Crow-Tit. 



Chleuasicus ruficeps, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv, p. 578 (1845) ; Jerd. 



B. I. ii, p. 7 ; Godw.-Amt. J. A. S. B. xlv, pt. ii, p. 196 ; Hume, 



Cat. no. 377 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 494. 

 Suthora ruficeps (Blyth), Blyth, Cat. p. 102; Horsf.fyM. Cat. i,p. 380. 



The Red-headed Tit-Thrush, Jerd. ; Chongto-phep-pho, Lepch. 



Coloration. Forehead, crest, and nape with the hind neck bright 

 chestnut : sides of the head and of the neck paler ; lower plumage 

 white, tinged with pink on the breast ; upper plumage rufous- 

 brown, deeper on the tail and exposed parts of the wings ; shafts 

 of chin-feathers distinctly black. 



Bill whitish horny ; legs greenish plumbeous ; iris red-brown 

 (Jerdon). 



Length about 6 ; tail 3'2; wing 3 ; tarsus *95 ; bill from gape *55. 



This bird is almost an exact counterpart of Scceorhynchus ruficeps, 

 differing from it chiefly in its blunter bill and more graduated tail. 



Distribution. Sikhim ; and Godwin-Austen notes the species from 

 Baladhan in Cachar. It appears to be a very rare bird. 



59. Suthora atrisuperciliaris, The Black-browed Crow-Tit. 



Chleuasicus ruficeps, var. atrosuperciliaris, Godw.-Aust. P. A. S. B. 



1H77, p. 147 j Hume, S. F. v, p. 499 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xlvii, 



pt. ii, p. 15. 

 Chleuasicus ruficeps, Bl. apud Anders. Yunnan Krped., Avcs, p. 638, 



pi. xlvii, fig. 2. 



Coloration. " Bright ferruginous on the head, same colour, paler, 

 on the nape and ear-coverts ; back and wings pale olive-brown ; 

 quills tinged rufous ; tail brown ; a narrow black streak over the 

 eye ; beneath dull white with an earthy tinge. Legs dark plum- 

 beous. 



"Length about 6; wing 2-85; tail 3-3; tarsus 0'90; bill at 

 front 0-43 inches. 



" Larger than Ch. ruficeps and not so white below." (Godwin- 

 Austen.) 



Distribution. Discovered at Sadiya, Upper Assam ; and procured 

 at Ponsee, on the borders of Western China, by Anderson. 



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