SITTIPARTJS. 171 



Distribution. The Bhutan doars ; Daphla hills ; Naga hills ; Ma- 

 pur. 



Habits ^'c. This Tit-Babbler appears to be numerous on the Daphla 

 hills at 3000 feet of elevation. Nothing about its habits is on record. 



nipur 



Genus SITTIPARUS, n. gen. 



The genus for which I propose the name of Sittiparus (with 

 S. cinereus as the type) contains two birds which are quite different 

 from Schceniparus on the one hand, and from Proparus and Lioparus 

 on the other. 



In 1844 (J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 939) Hodgson proposed the name 

 of Certliiparus for S. castaneiceps. This name had, however, been 

 given by Lafresnaye two years previously to some birds from New 

 Zealand, and Hodgson's name cannot therefore be retained. 



Sittiparus is one of the genera of Timeliine birds with a Tit-like 

 bill. It differs from Schoeniparus in having the tail very much 

 shorter than the wing, and from Proparus and Lioparus in having 

 no hairs overhanging the nostrils. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Head grey j a long black supercilium S. cinereus, p. ] 71. 



b. Head chestnut ; no black supercilium S. castaneiceps, p. 172. 



181. Sittiparus cinereus. The Dusky-green Tit-Babbler. 



Minla cinerea, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xvi, p. 449 (1847) ; Jerd. B. 1. ii, 

 p. 255 ; Godwin-Austen, J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 109 ; Blanf. 

 J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 166 ; Hume, Cat no. 620. 



Leiothrix cinerea (Blyth), Blyth, Cat. p. 100 ; Horsf. & M. Cat. \, 

 p. 367 ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 142. 



The Dusky-green Hill-Tit, Jerd. 



Fig. 50. Head of S. cinereus. 



Coloration. Upper plumage greyish green, the feathers of the 

 forehead, crown, and nape margined with black ; a broad black 

 band on each side of the crown from the forehead to the nape, 

 terminating in a number of streaks on the upper back ; a broad 

 pale yellow supercilium from the bill to the nape under the black 

 coronal band ; a spot in front of the eye and a band behind, black ; 

 ear-coverts mingled greyish and black ; cheeks yellow, tipped black; 

 wings and tail suffused on the outer webs of the feathers with the 



