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head and neck and the whole lower plumage rich lilac, overlaid 

 with cobalt-blue ; the centre of the abdomen light buff ; back and 

 wing-coverts dull bluish grey ; wings brown, the quills edged with 

 the colour of the back ; rump brilliant cobalt-blue ; upper tail- 

 coverts dull blue; tail dark brown suffused with bluish, and the 

 three outer pairs of tail-feathers margined with white. 



Female. The upper plumage, wings, and tail similar to the 

 male, but the rump paler ; lower plumage dull vinaceous, with the 

 sides of the body washed with lilac and blue. 



The young bird appears to be unknown, but it probably resembles 

 the female. 



Iris bright red ; bill black ; legs and feet horny blackish-brown 



Length 4'5 ; tail 2-2 ; wing 2 ; tarsus 7 ; bill from gape '37. 



Distribution. Gilgit ; Leh ; JS T obra valley, Ladak. This species is 

 found throughout Turkestan. It appears to occur at elevations 

 ranging from 5000 to 13,000 feet, according to season, and to be 

 a permanent resident in Kashmir. 



Habits, fyc. This bird seems to have the ordinary habits of the Tits. 



Genus CEPHALOPYRUS, Bonap., 1854. 



The genus Cephalopyrus is very closely allied to the last and it 

 is not necessary to figure the head. 



The only Indian species of this genus is a partial migrant, visiting 

 the plains in the winter and returning to the hills in the spring. 

 Its wing is adapted for migration, being very pointed with the 

 first primary minute. The tail is short and square. 



It appears probable that this bird has a partial spring moult, 

 confined to the feathers of the head, but the specimens at my dis- 

 posal are not quite sufficient to prove the fact. 



260. Cephalopyrus flammiceps. The Fire-cap. 



^Egithalus flammiceps. Burton, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 153 ; Blyth, Cat. 



p. 105 ; Gadow, Cat. B. M. viii, p. 69. 



Dieseum sanguimfrons, A. Hay, J. A S. B. xv, p. 44 (1846). 

 Cephalopyrus flammiceps (Burton}, Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 267 ; Stoliczka, 



J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 52 ; Cock fy Marshall, S. F. i, p. 356 ; 



Hume, N. $ E. p. 401 ; Ball, S. F. vii, p. 220 ; Hume, Cat. no. 633 ; 



IMilulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 71 ; 1882, p. 280 j Oates in Humes N. Sf E. 



2nd ed. i, p. 161. 

 The Flame-fronted Flower-pecker, Jerd. 



Coloration. Male. The lores, forehead, and the anterior half 

 of the crown flaming orange-red ; the remainder of the upper 

 plumage olive-yellow, brighter on the rump ; the upper tail-coverts 

 with dark shafts ; wing-coverts, wings, and tail dark brown, edged 

 with dull yellowish; sides of the head, throat, and breast golden 



