1844.] On the Leiotrichane Birds of the Subhemalayas. 937 



luted ; alars and caudals black, passing marginally and laterally into 

 yellow; edge of central alars fiery ; outer web of tertials blue- grey ; chin 

 orange ; throat barred black from a black moustache, large and irregular 

 in shape : legs and bill sordid bluish- grey. Sexes alike. Distinguished 

 by its quasi- Parian bill, its crest, and broad composed caudals [also 

 conspicuously by its barred throat] . It passes into the next form or 

 Proparus, yet retains the notch on the bill vaguely. 



i". cyanouropterus. [Siva cyanouroptera, Hodgson, Ind. Rev. 1838, p. 

 88 ; Leiothrix lepida, McClelland and Horsfield, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, 

 p. 162.] Length six inches and a quarter ; bill eleven- sixteenths of an 

 inch ; tail two inches and a half ; wing two and seven-sixteenths ; 

 tarse seven-eighths ; central toe and nail ten-sixteenths ; hind eight- 

 tenths of an inch. Lutescent -brown, passing to blue-grey towards the 

 head ; crown and visible part of closed alars and tail cobalt-blue ; ter- 

 tials and tail tipped white, the outer caudals white internally ; legs 

 fleshy ; bill dusky yellow ; sexes alike. Remarkable for its long, 

 straight, and Thrush-like bill ; no crest ; tail like the last. [The un- 

 der- parts are much lighter- coloured than the back, and have a faint lake 

 tinge ; rump rufescent ; and forehead streaked with black. Inhabits also 

 the hill ranges of Assam.] 



1. nipalensis. [Siva nipalensis, Hodgson, Ind. Rev. 1838, p. 89.] 

 Length five inches and five-eighths to five and seven-eighths ; bill 

 five-eighths ; tail two inches and a half ; wing two and a quarter : tarse 

 fifteen-sixteenths ; central toe and nail five-eighths ; hind half an inch. 

 Above olivaceous-brown, below [faintly] lutescent ; head [cap and nape] 

 slaty, with dull black long superciliary lines : legs and bill sordid 

 fleshy or horn. In form like strigula as to bill and crest, but distin- 

 guished for its narrow, rounded, and somewhat rigid tail : with it leads 

 to Proparus. [This species and the next are also remarkable for the 

 uniform brown colouring of their wings, all the rest having the wings 

 more or less variegated. It likewise inhabits Arracan. 



Siva occipitalis, Blyth. Length about five inches, of wing two and a 

 half, and tail two inches ; bill to gape nine-sixteenths, and tarse seven- 

 eighths of an inch. Colour dull brownish olive-green above, the shafts 

 of the dorsal and scapulary feathers pale ; below much lighter and rufes- 

 cent, the throat whitish, the feathers of the fore-neck having dark shafts : 

 crown, nape, and lower tail-coverts, ferruginous-brown, which also tinges 



