1844.] On the Leiotrichane Birds of the Subhemalayas. 943 



Others are described by Mr. Hodgson in the ' India Review' for 

 1838, p. 37: viz. 



P. atriceps, Horsfield, v. P. nipalensis, H., which, with P. xantho- 

 genys and P. melanolophus , extends into the hill regions of Southern 

 India, the present species likewise occurring in the Malay countries. 



P. sultaneus, Hodgson, v. Melanochlora flavocristata and M. su- 

 matrana, Lesson and La Fresnaye, vide J. A. S. XII. 955 : a remarkable 

 species which also extends into the Malay countries. 



And the following may now be added : — 



P. dichrous, Hodgson. Length about five inches ; of wing two and a 

 quarter, and tail an inch and seven-eighths ; bill to forehead under 

 three-eighths of an inch ; tarse three-quarters of an inch. Upper-parts 

 uniform brownish- grey, the occiput adorned with a slightly recurved 

 crest of unpointed feathers, nearly an inch long ; entire under-parts 

 dull rufescent- brown, the forehead and cheeks tinged with the same : 

 bill dusky ; and feet lead- coloured. Nepal. 



P. cemodius, Hodgson. Very closely allied to P. ater, but the bill 

 decidedly more slender and compressed ; the black also descends more 

 upon the breast, and spreads laterally, circumscribing the sides of the 

 neck ; and the back is less tinged with olivaceous, while the belly would 

 appear to be more rufescent, than in its European representative. Nepal. 



P. iouschistos, Hodgson. Length about four inches and a quarter, of 

 which the tail measures two inches, and has its outer three feathers gra- 

 duated, and the middle pair a quarter of an inch shorter than the next ; 

 wing two inches and one-eighth ; bill to forehead, through the feathers, 

 three-eighths of an inch ; tarse five-eighths. Colour ashy above, tinged 

 with olive, the winglet and coverts of the primaries black ; a very broad 

 black streak over each eye (as in Orites caudatus), and the central line of 

 the head, with the sides of the head and entire under-parts, clear red- 

 dish-isabelline; graduated outer tail-feathers more or less tipped and edged 

 externally with whitish : bill black ; and feet pale brown. Nepal. 



The last species, with P. erythrocephalus, should perhaps be rather 

 arranged in Orites vel Mecistura, but P. iouschistos has a longer and 

 more Parus-Yike bill, and both serve to connect Orites with Parus by 

 an easy gradation. The European Orites caudatus differs much in habit 

 from the true Pari, being exclusively insectivorous, and also never plac- 

 ing its foot upon its food while picking it to pieces with the bill in the 



