174 CBATEEOPODIDjE. 



Habits, #c. Of this bird nothing is recorded except the nidification. 

 It breeds in Sikhim in May and June, constructing a cup-shaped 

 nest of grass and bamboo-leaves in the branches of dense brush- 

 wood not much above the ground. One egg described by Hume 

 was pale green with sepia marks, and measured '73 by *55. 



Genus LIOPARUS, n. gen. 



I propose the name of Lioparus for the last of the four genera 

 of Tit-like Timeliince, with L. chrysceus as the type, a bird which has 

 been placed in the genus Proparus by most authors. 



Lioparus differs from Schoeniparus and Sittiparus by having 

 numerous hairs overhanging the nostrils, and from Proparus by 

 its long rictal bristles which reach nearly to the tip of the bill, by its 

 broader bill, and by its much smaller hind claw, which measures 

 much less than the hind toe. 



The plumage of this bird is remarkably sleek and soft. 



184. Lioparus chrysaeus. The Golden-breasted Tit-Babbler. 



Proparus ? chrysaeus, Hodgs. in Gray's ZooL Misc. p. 84 (1844). 

 Proparus chrysotis (Hodgs.}, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 938 (1844). 

 Leiothrix chrysotis (Hodgs.}, Blyth, Cat. p. 100. 

 Leiothrix chrysceus (Hodgs.}, Horsf. 8f M. Cat. i, p. 367. 

 Proparus chrysseus (Hodgs.}, Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 256 ; Blanf. J. A. S. B. 



xli, pt. ii, p. 45 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xlv, pt. ii, p. 82 ; Hume, 



N. $ E. p. 394 ; id. Cat. no. 621 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xlvii, 



pt. ii, p. 19 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 250. 

 Alcippe chryssea (Hodgs.}, Sharps, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 627. 

 Lioparus chrysaeus (Hodgs.}, Oates in Hume's JV". fy E. 2nd ed. i. 



p. 120. 

 Prong-samyer-pho, Lepch. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, nape, and lores soft blackish ashy ; 

 ear-coverts, cheeks, and a ring round the eye silvery white, the 

 first streaked with ashy ; back and scapulars ashy olive ; rump and 

 upper tail-coverts olive-green ; tail brown, the basal two thirds of 

 the outer webs of all the feathers margined with orange-yellow : 

 wing-coverts black ; wings dark brown, the first five primaries edged 

 with orange-yellow; the secondaries all broadly margined with 

 orange-yellow and tipped white ; tertiaries broadly margined with 

 white interiorly ; chin and throat silvery ashy brown ; remainder of 

 lower plumage bright orange-yellow 



Bill plumbeous; legs pale fleshy; iris brown (Jerdon). 



Length about 4'5 ; tail 1'9 ; wing 2*1 ; tarsus '8 ; bill from 

 gape -45. 



Distribution. Nepal and Sikhim ; the Daphla and Eastern Naga 

 hills ; Manipur. Found on hills and mountains up to 9000 feet or 

 probably higher. 



Habits, <$fc. Absolutely nothing is known about the general habits 

 of this bird. Of its nidification Hodgson relates that it lays three 



