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^ape, 0-56 to 06 ; bill at front, 0-3 to 0-45 ; closed wings 

 short of tail, I'l to 1'2. 



Upper mandible brownish black ; lower mandible fleshy- 

 brown, greyish horny at base ; irides light to dark brown, some- 

 times reddish brown; feet fleshy buff^; claws pale brown horny. 

 The sexes hardly diff'er in colour. The upper surface is tinged 

 with olive ; the moustache is darker in the breeding season 

 (being then nearly black) than in winter ; the lores are dark 

 brown ; and there is a conspicuous ring of white feathers 

 round the eye ; the flanks are pale olivaceous streaked with 

 white. 



The Yellow-naped Flowerpecker is common, and a perma- 

 nent resident, on the hills round the valley of Nepal ; it is also 

 tolerably common in the upper part of the Chitlang Valley in 

 winter. It is found at an elevation of not more than 5,000 feet 

 in winter, but in summer it is only met with at elevations of 

 from 7,000 to 8,000 feet ; it does not occur in the central part 

 of the Grreat Valley. 



626.— Yuhina gularis, Hodgs. 



Five females. — •Length, 5"65 to 6*15 ; expanse, 8*9 to 9 ; 

 wing, 2-8 to 3-05 ; tail, 2'2 to 2-45 ; tarsus, 0-85 to 0-9 ; bill 

 from gape, 0-73 to 0*78; bill at front, O'S to 0*55; closed 

 wings short of tail, 1 to 1'3. 



Seven females. — Length, 5*65 to 6"0 ; expanse, 8'3 to 8'8 ; 

 wing, 2-'7 to 29; tail, 2-2 to 2-4 ; bill from gape, 0-7 to 0-75 ; 

 bill at front, 0*5 to 0-55 ; closed wings short of tail, I'O to 1*35. 



Upper mandible black ; lower mandible horny brown ; 

 irides brown or dark brown ; feet deep buff or orange ; claws 

 dusky. The colour of the throat varies a good deal, but there 

 is no appreciable difference in colour between the sexes. 



This Flowerpecker is a permanent resident on the hills 

 round the Nepal Valley at elevations of from 7,000 to 8,000 feet. 

 It is very common in the Sheopuri Forest at all seasons, 

 associating in flocks, and frequenting bushes and the lower 

 branches of trees ; it is not at all shy, keeps up a continual 

 twitter as it moves about, and often clings to moss-covered 

 branches. It feeds on berries in winter, and often associates 

 with Yuhina occipitalis. 



627.— Yuhina occipitalis, Hodgs. 



Four males, Fehruary. — Length, 5"1 to 5:2; expanse, 7*7 to 

 7-8 ; wing, 2-5 to 2-54 ; tail, 2-0 to 2*25 ; tarsus, 07 to 0-75 ; bill 

 from gape, 0"67 to 0*7 ; bill at front, 0"5 to 0'53 ; closed wings 

 short of tail, 0-9 to 1-25. 



