938 On the Leiotrichane Birds of the Subhemalayas. [No. 156. 



the flanks : coronal feathers considerably elongated ; and the occiput be- 

 neath the crest, white : bill black, and legs yellowish-brown. Inhabits 

 Darjeeling.] 



Proparus, Mihi. [not Proparus, Hodgson, J. A. S., X. p. 29, which 

 refers to the next group, or Certhiparus, Hodgson, hodie.] Bill quite 

 Parian and entire, but the nostrils are implumose and furnished with 

 an arched scale. Head crested. Wings short, bowed, with four quills 

 gradated, and the three next longest. Tail narrow and cuneate as in 

 the last. Tarse elevate and strong. Anteal digits not shortened : hind 

 lengthened, and with its great nail (which is equal to the digit,) much 

 exceeding the laterals, and nearing the middle toe and nail : nails large 

 but moderately curved. [In a second species referred to this division 

 by Mr. Hodgson, but received subsequently to the present paper, Pr. 

 chrysotis, H., the tarse is longer and more slender, and the hind claw 

 less developed, but greatly exceeding the others.] 



Type Pr. vinipectus, Mihi. [Siva vinipectus, Hodgson, Ind. Rev. 1838, 

 p. 89. J Length four inches and three-quarters ; bill seven- sixteenths of 

 an inch ; tail under two inches ; wing two inches and one- eighth ; tarse 

 fifteen- sixteenths ; central toe and nail eleven-sixteenths ; hind ten- 

 sixteenths. Above brown, passing into rusty on the rump and outer 

 webs of the alars next the body, and of the caudals [[towards their 

 base], both of which are dusky- black externally, and the primaries 

 have hoary edges. Below albescent, sordid towards the vent ; wine- 

 tinted on the breast ; a white and a black line above each eye. Legs 

 and bill fleshy- brown. Distinguished by its perfectly Parian bill, with- 

 out trace of notch, and by its longer but less falcate nails. 



[Pr. chrysotis, Hodgson. Partakes of the aspect of Orites (Parus, L.,) 

 caudatus. Upper parts and throat ash-grey, tinged with yellow on the 

 rump ; ear-coverts silvery, with a faint lutescent cast ; under-parts bright 

 yellow ; a longitudinal streak of rich orange-yellow on the wing, formed 

 by the margins of the secondaries ; and the outer and graduated primaries 

 narrowly edged with yellow ; inner edge of the tertiaries margined with 

 white, and secondaries having a white spot at tip ; bill dusky-plumbe- 

 ous ; and legs pale. Length about four inches and a half ; of wing two 

 inches ; and the middle tail-feathers the same ; tail much graduated : 

 bill to gape barely half an inch ; tarse thirteen-sixteenths ; hind toe 

 and claw nine- sixteenths]. 



