226 NOTES ON SIKHIM BIEDS. 



ffreyish-white like chin, lores and cheeks. A rufous-bay demi-coUar 

 borders the crimson of the occiput and nape, and within this collar, in 

 five specimens, is a short crimson bar, in the upper and hind part of 

 neck, but in none is this bar continued to the undersides of the neck or 

 breast. Wings black with white spots, generally in series with those 

 of the back, forming transverse bars. Thighs whitish barred with 

 black. Vent and under tail coverts crimson. 



162. YungipiCUS rubricatus. — Forehead greyish-white 

 below, mottled dark fulvous above. Ear-coverts hair-brown. A 

 female in February, length 5 1. 



168. ChrysOCOlaptes SUltaneuS.— Bill dull greenish-horny, 

 with the middle third of lower mandible paler. Claws darkly livid. 

 The white band of nape is continued to upper back, where it ends in 

 several large central drops of white. 



166 bis. C. delesserti. — Bill as above; middle third of lower 

 mandible paler. The dorsals, scapulars, and wing-coverts largely 

 smeared with red. Forehead feathers with a few pale subterminal 

 spots. A male in April at Simana on the Nepal frontier, elevation 7,000, 

 measured — length 10*5, tail 3-7, wing 6'7, bill at front 1-8, at gape 2-15. 



172. Gecinus occipitalis.— Bill horny-black. The males 

 have the lower forehead ashy, each feather centred with black. Lores 

 black mottled with grey. 131ack moustachial stripe along inferior 

 border of mandible to below ear-coverts, where its extremity does not 

 curve upwards. In none are the chin and ])art of the throat white. 

 The chin is dusky ashy, becoming dingy olive on the upper throat. 

 Two out of the four females have crimson on the head. 



173. Chrysophlegma flavinucha.— Bill bluish-homy, 



becoming white towards the tip. Claws darkly livid. Nasal feathers 

 in male greenish ; in female reddish-brown. Feathers of forehead and 

 crown have greenish tips, which become broader and more conspicuous 

 on the occiput. The yellow of nape is silky golden. The female has 

 the cheeks as well as the chin and throat reddish-brown and obscurely 

 streaked with blackish. A young female in October has the cheeks 

 unspotted ruddy-sulphureous, and the chin and throat faintly rufous 

 with dusky streaks. 



174. O. Chlorolopha. — In the male the crimson supercilium 

 is continued forwards to encircle the forehead, and backwards around 

 the nape in front of the yellow, thus forming a continuous coronet. 

 The dusky markings across the cheeks and throat have the form of 

 irregular bars. 



176. BlythipicUS pyrrhotiS.— Bill lemon-yellow, dusky 

 olive at base, and pale horny at tip. Claws darkly livid. Forehead 

 and chin pale vinous-grey, the midribs of the feathers of chin and 

 upper throat being prolonged as black hairs. 



