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with ashy. Quills greyish brown, outwardly margined with rufescent brown. Rectrices dull 
greyish brown, with the shafts pale rufescent brown. Chin and upper throat dark brown with 
paler edges; remaining under parts pale greyish brown, the centre of abdomen purer greyish, 
the flanks darker brownish. Bill yellow, eye whitish. Sexes alike. Wing 92-96, tail 105-115, 
bill 14 mm. 
Geographical Distribution. Mountains of Western China (Moupin, Kansu). 
Habits. According to A. David this remarkable bird, in its habits, closely resembles 
the species of the genus Swthora. 
1. Cholornis paradoxa |. Verreaux. (Pl. 2, Fig. 5.) 
Cholornis paradoxa J. Verreaux, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, Vol. 6, Bull. p. 35 (1870) (« Montagnes du Thibet 
chinois », sc. Moupin, W. China; cfr. J. Verreaux, ibidem, Vol. 7, 1871, p. 34). 
Fig. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, Vol. 7. pl. 1, f 1; David & Oustalet, Ois. Chine, pl. 62. 
Hab. Mountains of Western China. 
17. GENUS SUTHORA HobDGSsON 
Suthora Hodgson, Ind. Review, Vol. 2, p. 32 (1838) (Sp. un. : Suthora nipalensis Hodgson). 
Temnoris Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Vol. 10, 1, p. 29 (1841) (new name for Swthora Hodgson). 
Heteromorpha (nec Kirby 1825, Coleoptera !) Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Vol. 12,1, p. 448 
(1843) (sp. un. : Heteromorpha unicolor Hodgson). 
Chleuasicus Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Vol. 14, 11, p.578 (1845) (sp. un. : Chleuasicus vujficeps Blyth). 
Hemirhynchus Hodgson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 13, p.31 (1845) (new name for Temnoris Hodgson). 
Temnorhis Agassiz, Nomencl. Zool., Index, p. 363 (1846) (nom. emend. for Temnoris Hodgson). 
Characters. Bill short, thick, longer than deep. Culmen strongly curved, commissure 
nearly straight; gonys broad, rounded, in apical half abruptly ascending. Tip of bill never 
acute, always more or less blunt. Nostrils remarkably small, circular and entirely hidden by 
antrorse, latero-frontal plumules; near base of bill a certain number of soft bristles to be 
observed. Wing relatively short and rounded. First (spurious) primary well developed, about 
two-thirds as long as second; fifth, sixth and seventh primaries forming the tip of the wing, 
the sixth slightly exceeding the two others. Tail, composed of narrow, elongated feathers, 
strongly graduated, the outermost feather being about half as long as central rectrix, 
and decidedly, in several species even much, longer than the wing. Tarsus nearly twice as 
long as middle toe without claw. Acrotarsium distinctly scutellate, the scutes sometimes fused 
into a single lamina. Toes moderately Jong, basal phalanx of middle toe adherent to outer toe 
for most, if not the whole of its extent; claws strongly curved. Plumage soft and copious. 
Pileum often with a short, but full crest. Sexes alike. 
Geographical Distribution. The species of this genus are distributed over India, 
Burma and China, frequenting forests at elevations of from 3000 to 10,000 feet, with the 
exception of the races of S. webbiana, which are found at lower altitudes. 
Habits. They are said to resemble the Tits in their habits, feeding on insects, for which 
they search the branches and leaves of trees. About their nidification very little is known. 
M. D. La Touche tells us, that S. g. gularis and S. w. suffusa build cup-shaped nests in bushes 
