LIOTHKIN. 221 



d'. Width of bill behind the 

 nostrils equal to a third 



of length of bill MYZORNIS, p. 233. 



b\ Tarsus shorter than middle 



toe with claw CHLOROPSIS, p. 234. 



b". The secondaries falling short of the 

 tip of wing- by a distance fully equal 

 to length of tarsus. 



c'". Head not crested ; tail square .. IRENA, p. 239. 

 d'". Head crested ; tail graduated. . . . MELANOCHLORA, p. 241. 

 b'. Tail and wing about equal in length. 

 c". Outer tail-leather falling short of tip 

 of tail by a distance equal to length 



of tarsus HILAROCICHLA, p. 243. 



d". Outer tail-feather falling short of tip 

 of tail by a distance less than half 

 the length of tarsus. 

 e'". Bill notched. 



c 4 . Depth of closed bill at the ante- 

 rior corner of nostril mu^h 

 greater than the width at same. MESIA, p. 244. 

 d*. Depth at same point equal to 



the width MINLA, p. 245. 



/'". Bill entire LEPTOPCECILE, p. 240. 



b. First primary about a sixth the length of 



the second. 

 c'. Tail shorter than wing. 



e". Nostrils overhung by numerous fine 



hairs CEPHALOPYRUS, p. 247. 



/". Nostrils not overhung by hairs PSAROGLOSSA, p. 248. 



d'. Tail longer than wing HYPOCOLIUS, p. 250. 



Genus LIOTHRIX, Swains., 1831. 



The genus Lioihrix contains one remarkable hill-bird which is 

 characterized by a slightly forked tail, the feathers of which are 

 bent outwards. The bill is about half the length of the head, stout, 

 and with the culmen curved. It resembles very closely the bill of 

 Mesia figured below (p. 244). The tail is quite square at the tip, 

 and the upper tail-coverts are long. 



235. Liothrix lutea. The Red-bitted Lioihrix. 



Sylvia lutea, Scop. Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. ii, p. 96 (1786). 



Bahila callipyga, Hodys. Ind. Rev. 1838, p. 88. 



Leiothrix luteus (Scop.), Blyth, Cat. p. 99 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i,p. 364 ; 



Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 250 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. ii, p. 169 ; 



Oates, B. B. i. p. 142 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 247. 

 Leiothrix callipyga (Hodgs.), Hume, N. fy E. p. 390; Gammie, S. F. 



iii, p. 266 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 629. 

 Liothrix lutea (Scop.), Blyth, Birds Burm. p. 109 ; Hume, Cat. 



no. 614 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 644 j Oates in Hume's fl. $ E. 



2nd ed. i, p. 147. 



The Red-bilkd Hill-Tit, Jerd. ; Nanachura, Dehra Doon; Rapchil-pJio, 

 Lepch. 



