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Genus YUHINA, Ilodgs., 1836. 



The genus Yuhina contains four species, three of which are 

 found in the Himalayas ami the hill- tracts of Assam. 



In Yuhina the bi'll is about two thirds the length of the head, 

 greatly curved and sharply poiuted ; the frontal hairs and the rictal 

 bristles are well developed, and the nostrils are covered by a large 

 membrane. The head is fully crested. The tail is rather short 

 and perfectly square. 



One species lays spotted eggs and another unspotted white eggs, 

 but the evidence in the latter case is not to my mind conclusive. 

 It will prove a curious exception should it be found always to lay 

 unspotted white eggs. 



The birds of this genus frequent trees in small parties and feed 

 largely on berries in addition to insects. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Throat streaked Y. gularis, p. 21] . 



b. Throat plain. 



'. Nape chestnut Y. occipitalis, p. 212. 



b'. Nape grey Y. niyrimentum, p. 212. 



223. Yuhina gularis. The Stripe-throated Yuhina. 



Yuhina gularis, Hodgs. As. Res. xix, p. 166 (1836) ; Blyth, Cat. p. 100 ; 

 Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 261 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 261 ; Blanf. J. A. S. B. 



p. 139. 

 The Stripe-throated Flower-pecker, Jerd. ; Fugi-pho, Lepch. 



Coloration. Forehead and crest rich hair-brown ; upper plumage, 

 wing-coverts, tertiaries, and tail olive-brown, tinged with fulvous 

 on the rump ; lores, cheeks, and ear-coverts grey ; chin and throat 

 pale rufescent, streaked with black ; breast plain rufescent ; re- 

 mainder of lower plumage dull orange-brown, duller on the sides ; 

 primary-coverts and winglet black ; wings blackish, the third to 

 the sixth primaries edged with pale grey on the terminal portion of 

 the outer webs, and all the secondaries except the first edged 

 throughout their entire length with orange-brown. 



Upper mandible black ; lower mandible horny brown ; iris brown 

 or dark brown ; feet deep bun or orange ; claws dusky (Scully}. 



Length about 6 ; tail 2-4 ; wing 2*8 ; tarsus P 8 ; bill from gape '8. 



Distribution. Nepal, Sikhim, and Bhutan, from 4000 to 10,000 

 feet of elevation. Blyth records this species from Arrakan, but 

 there is no recent instance of its occurrence in this division known. 



Habits, $c. Breeds, according to Hodgson, from April to July, 

 building a large, massive, egg-shaped nest of moss in the fork of a 

 branch or between ledges of rock. The eggs are a pale buff-colour, 

 thicklv spotted with red or brownish red, and measure -8 by '56. 



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