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edged with yellowish, and the tertiaries edged grey ; beneath pale 

 yellow. 



Some birds (females?) differ in being somewhat more cinereous 

 above, and whitish beneath. 



Bill dusky ; legs fleshy yellow ; irides brown. Length 4h inches ; 

 wing 2^ ; tail If ; bill at front T % ; tarsus f . 



This species is not common in Sikhim, but appears to be more so 

 in Nepal. I only got one specimen at Darjeeling, but I have 

 since obtained it on the Khasia Hills. 



Gen. Proparus, Hodgs. 



Bill entire, quite parian ; head crested ; wings short, bowed ; 

 tail narrow and cuneate ; tarsus rather long ; feet moderate ; hind 

 toe long, its claw very long; nails all large, moderately 

 curved. 



This name was at first bestowed on the Siva group, but subse- 

 quently transferred to this place. The two species at present 

 composing the genus are very distinct in aspect, though agreeing 

 somewhat in their structural characters. The first has the more 

 typical coloring of the group. 



621. Proparus chrysceus, Hodgson, 



Gray's Zool. Misc. 1844 — P. chrysotis, Hodgson, apud Blyth, 

 J. A. S., XIII. 938— Blyth, Cat. 516— Horsf., Cat. 592— 

 Prong-sami/er-pho, Lepch. 



Descr. — Head and throat fine dark silvery ash-grey, paler on 

 the throat ; rest of the upper plumage olive-green, passing to 

 yellowish on the rump ; ear-coverts silvery ash ; a longitudinal 

 band of rich orange-yellow on the wings, formed by the margins 

 of the secondaries ; the outer primaries edged yellow ; the inner 

 edge of the tertiaries margined with white, and the secondaries 

 have also a white spot at their tip ; the basal two-thirds of the 

 tail feathers (except the central pair) are edged with orange 

 yellow ; plumage beneath bright yellow. The female differs in 

 having the colours less bright, the lower parts ashy white, 

 merely tinged with yellow, the yellow of the win<_s and tail also 

 being much fainter, and the green above more ashy. The green 

 of the back has a tendency to fade to ashy, even in the male, 



