324 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY OF NEPAL. 



from gape, 0'45 to 0-5 ; bill at front, 0-33 to 0-43 ; closed 

 wings short of tail, 0'85 to 1'15. 



Bill black ; irides brown to blackish brown ; feet dark bluish 

 plumbeous ; claws plumbeous. 



The Yellow-cheeked Tit is a very common and familiar bird 

 in the Nepal Valley throughout the year. It frequents all the 

 woods and gardens iu the central part of the valley, where it 

 seems to replace monticolus, and is found at the foot of the hills. 

 It is tolerably common in winter in the Chitlang and Markhu 

 Valleys. 



650. — Melanochlora sultanea, Hodgs. 



Male. — Length, 8"2 ; expanse, 13-3 ; wing, 4*5 ; tail, 4*2 ; 

 tarsus, 0-86 ; bill from gape, 0'7 ; bill at front, 0"6 ; closed 

 wings short of tail, i*2. 



Female. — Length, 7'5 ; expanse, 12'25 ; wing, 4*2 ; tail, 

 3"7 ; tarsus, 0*8 ; bill from gape, 0'68 ; bill at front, 0*56 ; 

 closed wings short of tail, 1'75. 



Bill black ; irides dark brown ; feet plumbeous ; claws 

 dusky. 



This fine Tit was fairly common in December, in the bushes 

 and trees by the road side, from Nimboatar to Hetoura. 



660.— Corvus culminatus, Si/Jces. 



Four males. — Length, 18"7 to 19 ; expanse, 3*4 to 3*7 ; wing, 

 11-5 to 12-7 ; tail, 7 to 7-4 ; tarsus, 1-9 to 2-13 ; bill from 

 gape, 2"3 to 3'45 ; bill at front, 2- 15 to 2-35 ; nostril to tip of 

 bill, 1-64 and 1-65 ; depth of closed bill at nostril, O'S to 0-9 ; 

 closed wings short of tail, 1 to 1*75 ; weight, lib. to lib. 5 ozs. 



Two females. — Length, 17*25 and 17-7 ; expanse, 34 ; 

 wing, 11 and 11-3 ; tail, 7'15 and 7-2 ; tarsus, 1-9 and 2 ; 

 bill from gape, 2-15 and 2-2 ; bill at front, 2-05 and 2-15 ; 

 anterior margin of nostril to tip of bill, 14; depth of closed 

 bill at nostril, 0'8 and 0"84 ; weight (one specimen), 14 ozs. 



All these specimens are adult, Avith the tail fully grown ; 

 the gloss on the feathers is principally purple, and the bill is 

 as strong as in examples from the plains of Upper India. 



The Indian Corby is common in the central part of the 

 Nepal Valley throughout the year ; it is also common in winter 

 in the Nawakot district and the plains of Nepal. It is found 

 along the banks of streams, principally in the vicinity of burn- 

 ing ghats, and in woods. It is usually found siugly or in pairs, 

 never congregates to circle high up in the air, after the manner 

 of the Black Hill Crow, and its caw is as distinct from that of 

 intermedius as it is from the voice of C. splendens. It breeds 

 in March and April iu the central woods of the valley. 



