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and Eastern Naga hills ; Manipur. Found at high elevations, 

 7000 feet or so. 



Habits, 6,'c. According to Hodgson this bird makes a shallow 

 cup-like nest of moss and fibres suspended in the fork of a branch 

 of a u tree. The eggs are pinky lilac, speckled with violet, and 

 measure about -77 by -49. 



240. Pteruthius intermedius. Hume's Shrike-Tit. 



Allotrius melanotis (Hodgs.), Blyth, Birds Burm. p. 109. 



Allotrius intermedius, Hume, S. F. v, p. 112 (1877) ; Hume 8f Dav. 



S. F. vi, p. 370; Hume, Cat. no. 61 Ibis; Salvadori, Ann. Mus. 



Civ. Gen. (2) v. p. 600. 

 Ptererythrius intermedius (Hume), Oates, B. B. i, p. 140 : Gadow. 



Cat. B. M. viii, p. 117. 



Coloration. Resembles P. melanotis. The male differs in having 

 the forehead deep chestnut like the throat, and above and next to 

 it a bright yellow band ; the grey nape and the black neck-patches 

 are absent ; the outermost tail-feathers are not entirely white, but 

 have a streak of black near the tips of the outer webs ; the first 

 and second primaries are entirely black ; the next four are black at 

 the base and white on the remainder of the outer webs ; the others 

 have progressively more black at the base, and the other portions 

 of the outer webs green. 



The female differs in having the forehead rufous and the grey on 

 the nape absent ; the lower plumage pale yellow ; the wings edged 

 with green, except the earlier primaries, which are edged with pale 

 yellowish. 



Lower mandible and edge of upper pale blue ; rest of upper 

 mandible black ; iris brown ; legs, feet, and claws fleshy (Hume). 



Of the same size as P. melanotis. 



Distribution. Toungngoo; the upper slopes of Muleyit mountain 

 in Tenasserim ; the Thoungyeen valley. Blyth, who did not discri- 

 minate this and the preceding species, wrongly recorded P. melanotis 

 from Toungngoo. 



241. Pteruthius xanthochloris. The Green Shrike-Tit. 



Pteruthius xanthochloris, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. xyi, p. 448 (1847). 

 Allotrius aenobarbus, Temm., apud Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 246 (part.). 

 Allotrius, sp., Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 50. 

 Allotrius xanthochloris (Hodgs.), Blanf. J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 45; 



Hume, S. F. vii,p. 456; id. Cat. no. 611 ter. 

 Ptererythrius xanthochloris (Hodgs), Gadow, Cat. B. M. viii, p. 118. 



Coloration. Male. The forehead, lores, the sides of the crown, 

 and round the eye dark grey ; crown and nape blackish, with 

 traces of grey among the feathers ; ear-coverts, sides of neck, 

 back, scapulars, rump, and upper tail-coverts green ; lesser wing- 

 coverts brown, edged with green ; greater coverts brown, edged with 

 green and tipped with yellowish ; primary-coverts black ; wings 

 dark brown, edged with green exteriorly ; tail brown, suffused with 



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