222 CRATEROPOmi)^. 



Coloration. Male. The whole upper plumage and sides of the 

 neck olive-green, the forehead and crown tinged with yellow and 

 the longer tail-coverts tipped with white ; middle pair of tail- 

 feathers and the outer webs of the others black ; the inner webs 

 brown ; the primaries edged with yellow and later on with crimson ; 

 the secondaries black, with a patch of orange-yellow at the base of 

 the outer web of each ; tertiaries olive-green tinged with rufous ; 

 lores orange-yellow ; a ring round the eye yellow ; ear-coverts 

 silvery grey ; a narrow moustachial streak dusky green ; chin and 

 throat bright yellow, turning to deep orange-yellow on the lower 

 throat ; centre of breast and abdomen and the vent and under 

 tail-coverts yellow ; sides of breast and abdomen slaty green. 



Female. The crimson on the primaries of the male is replaced by 

 orange-yellow. No other difference. 



Bill coral-red at tip, black at base ; legs yellow-brown (Cockburn); 

 iris brown (Jerdori). 



Length about 6 ; tail 2-3 ; wing 2'75 ; tarsus 1 ; bill at gape -6. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Simla to Bhutan ; the Khasi 

 hills ; the Kakhyen hills near Bhamo in Upper Burma; Arrakan. 

 This bird is found from 5000 to 8000 feet or lower. It extends 

 into China. 



Habits, 6fc. Dr. Jerdon states that this species usually associates 

 in small parties of five or six, frequenting the dense thickets and 

 underwood that springs up wherever the forest is partially cleared. 

 It is a shy bird, and avoids observation in general. Its food con- 

 sists of berries, fruits, seeds, and insects. Its usual note is a 

 chattering call ; but in the spring the male has a very pleasing 

 song. 



This bird makes a cup-shaped nest of dry leaves and moss bound 

 together with grass and roots, and generally placed in a leafy 

 bush, at no great height from the ground. The number of eggs is 

 usually three ; they are pale green, spotted and otherwise marked 

 with red, purple, and brown ; they measure about '85 by *62. 



Genus CUTIA, Hodgs., 1836. 



The genus Cutia is remarkable for the great development of the 

 tail-coverts, which reach nearly to the tip of the tail. The genus 

 contains only one species, both sexes of which are very handsomely 

 coloured. 



In Cutia the t bill is rather slender, curved, notched, pointed, and 

 slightly longer than half the length of the head ; the rictal bristles 

 are very short ; the nostrils are longitudinal and covered by a 

 membrane; the frontal feathers are short and firm. The tail is 

 about two thirds the length of the wing and slightly rounded. 



23G. Cutia nepalensis. The Nepal Cutia. 



Cutia nipalensis, Ifodf/s. J. A. S. B. v, p. 774 (1836) ; Blyfk, Cat, 

 p. 98; Horsf. $ M. Cat i, p. 227; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 247 ; Wald. 



