2-25 



1-9 0.3 



0.9 



2.35 



2-0 032 



0-95 



bill a 



asky above, livid below, 



les;s 



1872.] W. T. Blanford— Zoology of SilcMm. 45 



623 Imrs flavtcollis, Hodgs. — I obtained two Specimens near 

 Lamteng in tbe Lachen valley at about 9,000 feet, wbicb seem rather smaller 

 tban Darjiling specimens, as appears by the following comparison : — 



Winy. Tail. Bill from gape. Ta/rsvs. 



Specimens from Lachen valley, 2-25 1*8 05 0"72 & 0'78 



„ from Darjiling (1,) 2'52 2- 0-62 0'8 



„ „ (2,) 2-65 1-88 0-56 0'V5 



622 Propartjs ytntpectus, Hodgs. — This species does not appear to 

 have been noticed from Sikkim before ; at least I can find no mention of its 

 occurrence so far east. I obtained two specimens, one from pine forests in 

 the Lachen valley at about 11,000 feet, the other on Sinchal, close to 

 Darjiling. The measurements rather exceed those given by Jerdon. 



Length. Wing. Tail. Bill from forehead. Tarsus. 



1. — Lachen valley, 5 



2.— Sinchal, ... 5 



Iris yellow with a reddish tinge, 

 livid. The head is not crested. 



621 P. chrtsjetjs, Hodgs. — P. chrysotis, Blytk, and Gr. P. Gray. I ob-. 

 tained a single specimen in the Lachen valley at about 9,000 feet. Captain 

 Elwes shot two or three in the same valley at a somewhat lower elevation. 

 In my specimen, a male, the measurements are — wing 2'15, tail T8, bill from 

 forehead 032, tarsus 0"8S inches. 



The name clirysotis is evidently inappropriate, and so clearly due either 

 to a misprint or an error in a label that although first published, I think 

 Jerdon quite right in using Hodgson's name for this bird. Surely the law 

 of priority does not extend to misprints. 



618 MrNTiA iGMOTEsrcTA, Hodgs. — Common hi both the Lachen and 

 Lachung valleys up to about 9,000 feet, but not higher, in company with 

 Yuhints, tits, and other birds. 



616 SrvA steigtjla, Hodgs.— I met with this bird at about 10,000 

 feet on the Chola range, and again in the Lachung valley at about 9,000. In 

 the latter locality it appeared not to be very common. The only specimen 

 preserved has the orange of the head confined to the forehead, the crown 

 being rufous obve. As the colours of the lower parts also are didler, 

 this is probably a female ; comp. Stohczka in J. A. S. B., 1868, Pt. ii, p. 50. 



Alloteius xanthochlort/s, Hodgs.- — I obtained one specimen at 

 9,000 feet in the Lachen valley. It was in a mixed flock of small Sylviads ; 

 (JPliilloscopi, &c.)j JEgitlialisci, and YuMnce. I have since received another 

 specimen from Darjihng, probably a male. My specimen from the Lachen 

 valley is a female, and agrees well with Dr. Stoliczka's description, J. A. 

 S. B., Part ii, 1868, p. 50. The back is a rather yellower green than that 

 of the (supposed) male, abdomen greenish yellow. Dimensions taken before 



