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BIRDS OF BRITISH BUUMAH. 
The nest^ according to Mr. Hodgson^ is a shallow cup of moss and vege- 
table fibres suspended between the two branches o£ a fork ; and the eggs 
are pinkish spotted with violet. 
135. PTERERYTHRIUS INTERMEDIUS. 
HUME^S SHRIKE-TIT. 
Allotrius intermedius, Bimie, S. F. v. p. 112 ; Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi. p. 370 ; 
Hume, S. F. viii. p. 104. 
Description. — Male. Similar to P. melanotis generally, but the forehead 
instead of being unicolorous with the crown is chestnut; the grey band 
round the nape is absent, as is also the black patch at the back of the ear- 
coverts. 
The female and young probably differ from the male in the same manner 
as do the female and young of P. melanotis from the male of that species. 
Lower mandible and edge of upper mandible pale blue, rest of upper 
mandible black ; irides brown ; legs, feet and claws fleshy. (Davison.) 
Length 4*7 inches, tail 1*6, wing 2*45, tarsus "75, bill from gape '55. 
A closely allied species is P. cenobarbus, Temm., from Java, in which the 
chestnut is confined to the chin and upper throat, and the grey eye-streak 
extends as far as the ear-coverts, but does not pass completely round them. 
Another species from India is P. xanthochloris, of a dull greenish colour 
and with an ashy head. It has no marks on the wing-coverts. 
Hume^s Shrike-Tit w^as obtained on the higher slopes of Mooleyit in 
Tenasserim by Mr. Davison. It has not been procured elsewhere. Nothing 
is recorded of its habits. 
Genus CUTIA, Hodgs. 
136. CUTIA NIPALENSIS. 
THE CHESTNUT^BACKED SHRIKE-TIT. 
Cutia nipalensis, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. v. p. 774; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 247; Wald. in 
Bl. B. Burm. p. 109 ; Hime 8^ Dav. S. F. vi. p. 370 ; Hu7ne, S. F. viii. p. 104. 
Description. — Male. Lores, sides of forehead and a broad band passing 
through the eyes and ear-coverts quite round the nape black ; the head 
inside this black band deep slaty ; back, rump and upper tail-coverts bright 
chestnut ; wing-coverts black ; quills black, all but the first two with a 
patch of slaty on the outer web near the base, increasing in extent towards 
the body, and the third to the sixth or seventh primary with a narrow 
