IXUHS. 217 



The birds of this IM-IIIIS arc found in parties, frequenting the 

 branches of trees and feeding on insects. 



Key to the Species. 



n. Nape white /. occipitalis, p. 217. 



b. Nap' without any white. 



'. A chestnut collar on the hind neck I.flacicollix, p. 218. 



b'. No chestnut collar on the hind neck /. humilis, p. 218. 



231. Ixulus OCCipitalis. The Chestnut-headed Luuhis. 



Siva occipitalis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 937 (1844). 



Ixulus occipitalis (BL), Blyth, Cat. p. 100; Horsf. fy M. Cat. i, 



p. 411; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 259; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, 



pt. ii, p. 109 j xlv, pt. ii, p. 82 ; Hume, N. $ E. p. 396 ; id. Cat. 



DO. 624 ; id. S. F. xi, p. 251 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 613 ; 



Oates in Hume's N. # E. 2nd ed. i, p. 145. 



The Chestnut-headed Flower-pecker, Jerd. ; Temgyeny-pho or Turring- 

 ny-pho, Lepch. 



Fig. 64. Head of /. occipitalis. 



Coloration. Forehead and lengthened feathers of crest ferru- 

 ginous brown ; the tips of the occipital crest-feathers and a large 

 nuchal spot white ; lores and round the eye dusky ; ear-coverts white 

 streaked with rufous ; with this exception the sides of the head 

 and neck, the whole hind neck, and the cheeks ferruginous brown ; 

 back, rump, and visible portions of the wings dull olive-green, the 

 shafts of the feathers of the back whitish, and the outer webs of 

 the earlier primaries hoary grey ; upper tail-coverts and tail brown 

 suffused with fulvous ; chin and throat white ; breast pinkish 

 brown streaked with brown ; abdomen and flants olivaceous, the 

 middle of the former part paler ; under tail-coverts ferruginous. 



Bill black ; legs pale yellowish brown ; iris brown (Jerdoii). 



Length about 5 ; tail 2 ; wing 2*6 ; tarsus *8 ; bill from gape *6. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Nepal to the Daphla hills in 

 Assam ; the Khasi hills. 



Habits, $c. Gammie found the nest of this species in Sikhim on 

 the 17th June, with three eggs. The nest was a shallow cup of 

 fine moss-roots and moss, placed in a small tree. 



