1872.] W. T. Blanford— Zoology of SiJckim. 57 



Upper parts dull ashy with a greenish tinge especially on the rump, 

 quills and tail feathers hrown with rather grayer margins. Forehead, sides 

 of head and under parts dull huff or dark isabelline rather more rufous ■ 

 behind, sides of the neck isabelline forming a whitish half collar, paler than 

 the underparts. Iris blood red, legs leaden gray, bill black. Length, taken 

 before skinning, 4"6, wing 2 - 8, tail 1*9, tarsus OS, bill from forehead - 33 inch. 



Far from scarce in the higher pine forests of the Chola range, and 

 common in Northern Sikkim from 8,000 to 13,000 feet, associating with the 

 nest two species. 



611 L. Beavaot: (Blyth). — ? Parus Athinsoni, Jerdon, Birds of India 

 II, p. 276. 



Adult. Head above with moderately long crest, glossy black ; nuchal 

 spot and a large white spot on each cheek commencing in front at the gape 

 and including the ear coverts white, often tinged with yellow ; back dark 

 ashy grey, often with an olivaceous tinge, wings and tail dark brown with 

 bluish grey edging, inner margin of quills white ; chin, throat and upper breast 

 black without gloss, lower breast and abdomen rather pale grayish brown, 

 more rufous behind ; axillaries, under wing coverts and lower tail coverts pale 

 ferruginous. Iris brown, legs leaden gray, bill black. Wing 2 - 6 to 2*8, tail 

 1-84 to 2-05, tarsus 0-73 to 0-8, bill from forehead 033 to 0-38 inch. These 

 are the extreme measurements of six specimens. 



Young bird. Top of head glossless black, spots on nape and cheeks usu- 

 ally pale primrose yellow, sometimes white, the black of the chin and throat 

 ill-defined and passing gradually into the dull olivaceous gray, more or less 

 rufescent on the abdomen. Crest very slightly developed. I cannot help 

 suspecting that this is Dr. Jerdon's Parus At/cinsoni, the only difference ap- 

 pears to be the length of the tarsus in that form, which is less than in any 

 specimen of Loph. Beavani which I possess, otherwise the measurements cor- 

 respond exactly. 



Lopli. Beavani is by far the most common tit hi the pine forests of 

 Sikkim. Both on the Chola range, and in the northern valleys, I met with it 

 in abundance. 



I am inclined to believe that the upper figure in the plate of L. rubidi~ 

 ventris in Gould's Birds of Asia, pt. XI, represents this species. 



642 L. -ZEmodius, (Hodgs.). Mr. Blyth pointed out in the Ibis for 

 1867, p. 34, that this bird is a Loplwphanes. Not only is it so, but the 

 crest is comparatively longer than in allied species. No complete description 

 appears ever to have been given of it. 



Adult. Head above and a long recurved crest glossy black ; a rather large 



spot on the nape, and on each side of the head and neck, extending from 



the gape below the eye to a considerable distance behind the ear coverts, 



pure white ; back dark ashy, often tinged with olivaceous, passing into 



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