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FAMILY, Ampelidae. 



Tarsus short or moderate ; feet fitted for perching, in some 

 groups strong and scansorial ; wings moderate ; tail short or moder^ 

 ate ; bill various, usually strong, somewhat conic ; often of bright, 

 showy, and variegated plumage. 



SUB-FAMILY, Leiotrichinse. 



Bill usually short, more or less wide at the base, lengthened 

 and slightly curved in a few, entire in some, notched in others ; 

 tail short or moderate, even or slightly rounded ; tarsi short, stout ; 

 feet strong ; claws moderately curved, sharp. 



GENUS, Zosterops. 



Bill slightly notched, curved ; eyes with a circle of white 

 feathers ; nostrils exposed ; third and fourth primaries longest. 



Zosterops palpebrosa, Tern. 



631. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 265 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 491 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. 

 IX, p. 413 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 174 ; 

 Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 127. 



THE WHITE-EYED TIT. 



Length, 4'5 ; expanse, 6'5 ; wing, 2'33 ; tail, 17 ; tarsus, 0'75 ; bill 

 at front, 0'33 to 0'4. 



Bill blackish, horny at base beneath ; irides light yellow-brown ,- 

 legs reddish-horny. 



Above light siskin-green, with a circle of close white feathers 

 round the eyes ; throat and upper breast canary yellow ; belly 

 bluish-white ; leg feathers, lower tail-coverts, and some of the 

 feathers on the abdomen, tinged with pale-yellow. 



The White-eyed Tit is a common permanent resident in the 

 Deccan, breeding from April to September ; the nest is a soft, 

 delicate, little cup, suspended between two twigs, occasionally in 

 a fork, and is composed of fine grass, roots, &c., attached to the 

 twigs from which it is suspended by cobwebs or vegetable fibres. 



The eggs, two or three in number, are of a moderately length- 

 ened oval shape, pointed at one end, of a pale blue color, quite un- 

 spotted. They average 0'62 inches in length by about 0'47 in 

 breadth. 



In other parts of the Presidency it only occurs, I believe, as a 

 cold weather visitant ; it is extremely rare in Sind. 



SUB-FAMILY, Parinae. 



Bill typically rather short, conic, stout, entire, the nares tufted ; 

 wings moderate, somewhat rounded ; tail short or moderate, long 

 in a few ; tarsus and feet short, stout ; hind-toe long ; claws well 

 curved. 



