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Key, 



A. — Bill black ; forehead plain rufous. 



a. Nostrils yellow . . 



b. Nostrils black 



. .P. s. sinensis 

 . .P. s. nasalis. 

 B.— Bill yellowish- brown ; forehead blackish with grey marguis, 



c. Upper plumage reddish-brown, 

 a' Chin, throat and upper breast whitish . . P. a. altirostris. 



V Chin, throat and upper breast grey . . P. a. c/nseigularis. 



d. Upper plumage earthy brown, chin and throat 



only white . . . . , . . , . . P. a. scindicus sub-sp. 



nov. 

 Pyctorhis sinensis sinensis, Gm. 

 The Indian Yelloiv-eyed Babbler. 

 Parus sinensis. Gm., Syst. Nat., i., p. 1012 (1788). 



Pyctorhis sinensis. Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 510; Gates, F. B. I., i., p. 117 

 Description. — As in Gates, F.B. I. 



Note. — Birds from dry localities and the plains are much paler than hill 

 specimens, some of which are very dark and richly coloured. 



Distnbution. — Every portion of the Indian Empire, except south of 

 Moulmein ; it extends into Yunnan and Siam. 



• Pyctokhis sinensis nasalis, Legge. 



The Ceylon Yellow-eyed Babbler. 



Pyctorhis nasalis, Legge, A. M. N. H. (5), iii., p. 169 (1879) ; Sharpe, Cat., 

 B. M., vii., p. 512 ; Gates, F. B. I., i., p. 138. 

 Descnjition. — As in Gates, F. B. I. 

 Distribution. — Confined to the Island of Ceylon. 



Key to Sub-species of P. altirostris. 



Note. — I can find nothing recorded as to the habits or nidification of any 

 of the above sub-species. Their distribution is also very imperfectly known, 

 and as they inhabit dense high grass most probably have often been over- 

 looked; their distribution is therefore most probably much wider. 



