TIMALESLE. 7 



Bill orange-yellow ; legs slaty-grey ; irid.es brown. Length 7| 

 inches ; wing 3/g- ; tail 4 ; bill at front T 9 g ; tarsus 1^. 



This plainly-coloured Finch-thrush is not distantly allied to Conos- 

 toma oemodium. The Lepchas call both birds by the same name, 

 and both are peculiar to the more elevated regions of the Hima- 

 layas, and have not been procured elsewhere. 



Hodgson states that it is found in the higher regions of Nepal, 

 dwelling in thick brushwood, frequently alighting on the ground, 

 but also feeding on trees, on bugs and other insects, in small 

 flocks, and not noisy. I procured a single specimen from Mount 

 Tongloo, near Darjeeling, 10,000 feet high. 



Gen. Culeuasicus, Blyth. 



Char. — Bill much as in Paradoxornis, but shorter, wider, and 

 more tumid on the sides. 



This genus is now included by Blyth and Horsfield in Sutliora ; 

 but I think that it is more allied to the last group than to the 

 Tit-like members of that genus, and the sole species has very 

 much the colors of P. ruficeps. 



377. Chleuasicus ruficeps, Blyth. 

 J. A., S. XIV., 178 — Blyth, Cat. 529— Chongto-phep-pho, Lepch. 



The Bed-headed Tit-Thrush. 



Head and neck bright ferruginous ; the rest of the upper 

 plumage olive-brown, more or less inclining towards ferruginous, 

 specially on the shoulder of the wing ; entire under parts white. 



Bill whitish horny ; legs greenish plumbeous; irides red-brown. 

 Length 5^ inches ; wing 2f ; tail 2f ; bill at front § ; tarsus |. 



This bird has only yet been procured in Sikhim. I got it at 

 Darjeeling, but had no opportunity of observing its habits. 



Gen. Suthora, Hodgson. 



Syn. — Temnoris and Hemirliynclms, Hodgson (postea). 



Char. — Bill very short and stout, as high and nearly as wide as 

 long; ridge much curved; the sides slightly tumid ; rictus smooth; 

 nostrils concealed by plumes ; wings short, rounded, 6th cmill 



