320 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY 0"F NEPAL. 



gape, 0'55 and 0*63 ; bill at front, 0'36 and 0*43'; closed wings 

 short of tailj 1*25 to 1" 6. 



Upper mandible black ; lower mandible bluish grey, yellow- 

 ish at base; g-ape greenish yellow; irides pale yellow and 

 yellowish white ; feet dingy greenish yellow ; claws yellow 

 horny. The mantle is dull maroon ; the primaries are mar- 

 gined with crimson on their basal thirds, the distal two- 

 thirds being margined yellow, and they are not tipped with 

 crimson ; the chin and throat are white, the rest of the under 

 parts being dull yellow. 



These specimens are identical with Darjeeling examples in 

 Mr. Hume's Museum. 



This species is fairly common in the Sheopuri Forest in 

 summer, at an elevation of about 6,500 feet ; and it certainly 

 breeds there. 



619. — Minla castaneiceps, Hodgs. 



Three males, May and June. — Length, 4*2 to 4*5 ; expanse, 

 6-9 to 7-1 ; wing, 2% to 2-4 ; tail, 1-7 to 1-9 ; tarsus, 0'75 to 

 0-8 ; bill from gape, 0-55 to 0-6 ; bill at front, 036 to 0-4 ; 

 closed wings short of tail, 0*7 to 0*8. 



Two females, May. — Length, 4*2 and 4'5 ; expanse, 6'7 and 

 7-1; wing, 2*2 and 2'34; tail, 1*65 and 1*8; tarsus, 0-75 and 

 0"8 ; bill from gape, 0'54 and 0'55 ; bill at front, 0*35 ; closed 

 wings short of tail, 075 and 0"85. 



Upper mandible dusky ; the lower livid, yellow at base ; 

 irides crimson (in one bird dark brownish red) ; gape yellow ; 

 feet dingy greenish yellow ; claws yellowish horny. The quills 

 black, the first and second primaries narrowly margined on the 

 outer web with white ; chin and throat yellowish ; the abdomen 

 with an olivaceous tinge. Identical with Darjeeling specimens. 



This pretty little bird is common in summer on the hills 

 round the Nepal Valley at the same elevation as ignotincta. 

 It was common in the Sheopuri Forest, frequenting tree-bushes 

 in company with M. ignotincta, Yuhina gularis, Sylviparus 

 modestus, &c. None of the Hill-Tits were ever noticed in the 

 central part of the valley. 



623.— Ixulus flavicoUis, Hodgs. 



Seven males. — Length, 5'1 to 5'4; expanse, 7*5 to 8*2 ; wing, 

 2-43 to 2-6; tail, 2 to 2-25; tarsus, 075 to 0-8; bill from 

 gape, 0"56 to 0-62; bill at front, 0'38 to 0-45; closed wings 

 short of tail, I'O to 1-3. 



Four females. — Length, 4*8 to 5*2 ; expanse, 7*5 to 7'^ ; 

 wing, 2-4 to 2-53 ; tail, 2 to 2-1 ; tarsus, 0-7 to 0-8 ; bill from 



