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6. Psittiparus gularis hainanus Rothschild. 
Psiftiparus gularis hainanus Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, Vol. 14, p. 7 (1903) (Mount Wuchi, Hainan). 
Hab. Mountains of the Island of Hainan. 
20. GENUS CONOSTOMA HopGson 
Conostoma Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc, Bengal, Vol. 10, 1, p. 856 (1841) (sp. un. : C. aemodis). 
Characters. Bill longer and less elevated than in the preceding genera, with the culmen 
not so strongly convex; commissure without the slightest trace of a sigmoid curve, gonys 
straight, at the tip slightly ascending. Wing rounded; sixth and seventh primaries forming the 
tip, the first (spurious) quill somewhat exceeding two-thirds of the second primary. Tail slightly 
graduated, and distinctly longer than the wing. Acrotarsium covered in front with large scutes. 
Toes long and robust, the hind toe with rather long, strongly curved claw. Plumage long and 
sott. Sexes alike. 
Coloration. Upper parts dull rufescent brown, forehead brownish white; lores and 
feathers in front of the eye dark brown. Wings greyish brown, outer webs of secondaries on 
basal portion bright rufescent brown. Tail-feathers greyish brown, along the shaft washed with 
rufescent brown. Under surface dingy greyish brown, more brownish on flanks, more greyish 
in the middle of the belly; throat with indistinct whitish longitudinal streaks. Amillaries and 
under wing coverts light buff. Bill dark yellow. Wing 120-130, tail 130-140, bill 23-24 mm. 
Geographical Distribution. Eastern Himalaya (Nepal and Sikkim) at elevations of 
{rom 10,000 to I1,o00 feet, and high mountains of Western China (Szechuen, Ixansu). 
Habits. « Constructs a hemispherical nest of dry stems and blades of grass and bamboo- 
leaves on a branch of a bamboo in May. The eggs, probably three in number, are dull white, 
blotched and streaked with yellowish brown and spotted about the larger end with dark 
purple » (Oates). 
1. Conostoma e2modium Hodgson. 
Conostoma aemodius, C. oemodius, C. omodius, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Vol. 10, 11, pp. 856, 857, with 
plate (1841) (« Northern Region of Nepal»). 
Fig. Gould, Birds Asia, Vol. 3, pl. 31. 
Hab. Eastern Himalaya (Nepal, Sikkim) and high Mountains of Western China (Szechuen, Kansu). 
N. B. I have not seen specimens from any Chinese locality. 
5. SUBFAM. PANURINAE= 
THE BEARDED TITS 
Characters. Bill very short, about as long as inner toe without claw, broadened at base, 
where its width slightly exceeds its depth; culmen rounded, abruptly decurved in apical half, 
with uncinate tip; maxillary commissure distinctly convex; gonys but little ascending termi- 
nally. Nasal fossz large, roundish operculate, the slit-like, nasal opening situated near lower 
edge and entirely concealed by the dense, antrorse, bristly latero-frontal plumules. Rictal 
bristles well developed, though rather short and soft, not reaching beyond basal third of bill. 
