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golden fulvous bar round the nape ; some feathers at the base of 

 the bill golden yellow ; outer edge of the primaries, and of the 

 lateral tail-feathers, yellow; upper and lower tail-coverts, and a 

 large patch at the base of the primaries (except on the first two) 

 and secondaries, sangineous-red ; throat and breast bright gamboge- 

 yellow, with a red tinge, and the rest of the under parts are slaty- 

 green, tinged with yellow. The colours fade to slaty, with a faint 

 tinge of green, and paler beneath. 



Bill yellow ; legs lleshy -yellow ; irides brown. Length 7 inches; 

 wing 3^ ; tail 3 ; bill at front \ ; tarsus 1. 



The female is said by Hodgson to differ in the tail-coverts being 

 fulvous yellow instead of red, but 1 found them precisely similar, 

 the young only having those parts coloured as above. 



This Hill-tit is not so common at Darjeeling ;is the last species, 

 and inhabits a lower zone, from 3,000 to 6,000 feet, occasionally 

 ascending higher. Its manners are very similar, and the nest has 

 been brought to me, with the eggs very like those of the last, but 

 with the spots less numerous. It is found chiefly in the S. E. 

 Himalayas, from Nepal to Bootan, and I also found it on the 

 Khasia Hills. 



Gen. Siva, Hodgson. 

 Syn. Hemiparas and loropus, Hodgson. 



Char. — Bill more Parian, short, somewhat conic, compressed, 

 gently curved, tip entire ; some weak rictal setse ; wings and tail 

 less firm than in the preceding ; the tail longish, with the four 

 central feathers square, the others graduated, all broad ; feet short, 

 hind toe rather long ; claws well curved. 



This form is very distinct from the last, and is marked by its 

 longer, broad tail, and Parian bill ; the head too is somewhat 

 crested. 



616. Siva strigula, Hodgson. 



Blyth, Cat. 510— Horsf., Cat. 587— Muscicapa variegata, 

 Delessert, Mag. Zool. 1846, pi. 19— and Souv. d'un Voyage, pi. 

 8— Leiothrix chrysocephala, Jameson — MegbUm, Lepch. 

 The Strife-throated Hill-tit. 



Desrr.— Head fully crested, dull orange ; lores and cheeks whitish 

 or yellowish ; the body above slaty, smeared with green ; wings 



