NOTES ON INDIAN TIMELIIDES AND TREIR ALLIES. 651 



This is a very common little bird up at Sinlum-kaba in the Bhamo Hills. 

 It has not been recorded from the Southern Shan States, but re-appears on 

 the Salween-Mekong water shed in Keng-Tung State. 



I found its nest at Sinlum, this was cradle-shaped and composed of 

 moss. The eggs are identical with those 1. f. flavicollis, that species is said 

 to either build a cradle-like nest or place its nest on the ground. 



IxuLUS HUMiLis HXJMiLis, Hume. 



Davison's Ivulus. 



Ivulus Jiumilis, Hume, St. Frs., v., p. 106 (1877) ; Sharpe, Cat., B. M., 

 vii., p. 614 ; Gates, F. B. I., i., p. 218. 

 Description. — As in Gates, P. B. I. 

 Distnbution, — Muleyit Mt., Tenasserim. 



IxuLUS HUMiLis CLARKii,* Gates. 



Oates^ Ivulus. 



Gates, Bull., B. G. C, iii., p. 41 (1894) ; Ibis (1894), p. 481 ; Blanford, 

 F. B. I., iv., App., p. 481 ; Bingham, Ibis. (1903), p. 591. 



Description — As in F, B. I. 



A rare bird at present, only recorded from Byingyi, an isolated hill 

 of 6,200 ft., situated on the edge of the Shan Plateau, where it has been 

 obtained both by Mr. Gates and Col. Bingham. It possibly extends into 

 Karennee. 



" I found this bird very common on Byingyi, in small parties, searching 

 the blossoms of small trees for insects." (Gates, Ibis, 1894.) 



Staphidia, Swinhoe (1871). 



Staphidia have the following characteristics : wing the first three primaries 

 graduated, the fourth and fifth equal and longest ; wing and tail about 

 equal in length, the latter greatly graduated ; nostrils overhung by hairs ; 

 rictal bristles short and weak ; head crested. 



Key. 



A. A distinct chestnut collar S. torqueola. 



B. Collar indistinct or wanting. 



a}. Crown and nape bright chestnut 'S'. everetti. 



b^. Crown rufous, nape same colour as back., 'S'. castaneiceps. 



c^. Crown dark grey, a white supercilium . . S. rufigenis. 



d}. Crown dark-brown, no white supercilium S. striata. 



Staphidia castaneiceps, Moore. 



The Chestnut-headed, Staphidia. 



Ixulus castaneiceps, Moore, P. Z. S. (1854), p. 141. 



Staphidia castaneiceps, Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 616; Gates, F.B.I., 

 i., p. 205. 



Description. — As in Gates, F. B. I. 



Disti-ibution. — The Garo, Khasia, Naga, Manipur and Chin Hills. 



Nesting. — (See J., B. N. H. S., vol. viii). 



* Ixulus kouxi, Oustalet. 



Oustalet, Mus. Paris, 1896, p. 186. 

 Habitat. — W. China and Yunnan. 



