648 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIII. 



Key. 



a. — ^Bill slender and gently curved. 



a}. Upper plumage not green . . . . Yuhina. 



U^. „ ■ „ green . . . . . . Serpornis. 



b. — Bill stout and straight. 



c\ Tail square . . . . . . . . . . Ixulus. 



d}. Tail graduated . . . . . . . . Staphidia. 



Yuhina, Hodgson (1836>. 



Gates, F. B. I., i., p. 211. 



" In Yuhina the bill is about two-thirds the length of the head, greatly 

 curved and sharply pointed ; the frontal hairs and the rictal bristles are 

 well developed, and the nostrils are covered by a large membrane. The 

 head is fully crested. The tail is rather short and perfectly square." 

 (Gates). 



The wing is roundish with the first three primaries graduated, the fourth 

 and fifth equal and longest ; wing and tail about equal in length. 



This genus is found along the Himalayas from Garhwal, to Assam and 

 Burma, and thence into China. 



They build flimsy cup-shaped nests and lay very highly coloured eggs, a 

 pale blue green with numerous brown spots. 



Yuhina gulabis gulakis, Hodgson. 



The Stiife-throated Yuhina. 



Hodgson, As. Res., six., p. 166 (1836) ; Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 631 ; 

 Gates, F. B. I., i., p. 211. 



Description, — As in Gates, F. B. I. 



Distribution. — Nepal, Sikhim, Butan, Naga and Manipur Hills. 



Yuhina gulakis yangpiensis, Sharpe. 



Sharpens Yuhina. 



Sharpe, Bull., B. G., xiii., p. 11. 



Description. — Similar to Y. gularis, Hodgson, differs in having upper 

 plumage olive-brown instead of fulvous-brown, tail-coverts a very much 

 paler olive tinge than the back ; the crest brown tinged fulvous instead of 

 a clear brown. Measurements as in Y. gularis. 



" Legs and feet orange, upper mandible black, lower horny." (Rippon). 



The type is from Yangpi, Talifu road, 5,300 ft., Yunnan. There are 

 several similar birds collected by Col. Rippon from Mt. Victoria, Chin 

 Hills. The birds from Naga hills are probably this sub-species which is 

 very hard to separate from Y. gularis. 



Yuhina occipitalis, Hodgson. 



The Slaty-headed Yuhina, 



Hodgson, As. Res., xix., p. 166 (1836) ; Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 633 ; 

 O ates, F. B. I., i., p. 212. 



Description. — As in Gates, F. B. I. 

 Distribution. — Nepal, Sikhim and Butan, 



Yuhina diademata ampelina, Rippon. 



Rippon'' s Yuhina. 



Rippon, Bull., B. G. C, si., p. 12. 



Harington, J., B. N. H. S., six., p. 119 ; ibid, Ibis, 1914, p. 13. 



