144 ' BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
greenish ; rump slaty green ; upper tail-coverts crimson ; quills slaty 
brown, the first two edged with yellow, the others edged with crimson at 
the base and yellow elsewhere ; tail blackish brown, the three outer pairs 
of feathers edged with yellowish ; lower plumage olive-yellow, brighter on 
the breast and abdomen ; under tail-coverts crimson. 
The young differ in having the tail-coverts, both above and below, 
fulvous-yellow. 
Bill ochre-yellow, slightly greenish at the base ; irides dark or reddish 
brown; feet yellow- fleshy ; claws bufl'-horny. [Scully.) 
Length 7 inches, tail 3, wing 3*1, tarsus 1, bill from gape '75. 
The Silver-eared Hill-Tit was obtained by Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay in the 
Tonghoo hills, and also in the Karennee hills, at altitudes of from 1500 to 
4000 feet. Mr. Davison met with it on Mooleyit mountain in Tenasserim, 
and it has not been recorded from any other part of Burmah. 
Dr. Anderson procured it near Bhamo, and Col. Godwin- Austen in the 
hill-tracts of Eastern Bengal ; and it extends along the Himalayas as far 
as Nipal. 
Mr. Davison states that this Shrike-Tit is not uncommon on Mooleyit, 
going about in small parties and hunting in bushes and small trees 
for insects. Judging from what Mr. Hodgson and Dr. Jerdon write, the 
nest and eggs of this bird are similar to those of the preceding species. 
Genus SIVA, Hodgs. 
140. SIVA SOEDIDA; 
THE BURMESE BLUE-WINGED HILL-TIT. 
Siva cyanoiiroptera {Hodgs.), apud Bl. B. Burm. p. 110. Siva sordida, Hume, 
8. F. V. p. 104 ; Hume ^ Dav. S. F. vi. p. 371 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 104 
Description. — Male and female. Forehead, crown and nape purplish 
brov/n ; back, rump, wing-coverts, scapulars and upper tail-coverts brown, 
tinged with rufous on the tail-coverts and rump ; the two central tail- 
feathers brown, washed with purple and very narrowly tipped with white ; 
the other feathers brown, more broadly tipped with white, the white 
increasing in extent outwardly and occupying nearly the whole inner web 
of the outermost feathers, the outer webs purplish ; primaries brown, the 
outer webs purplish ; secondaries brown, edged and tipped with white ; 
tertiaries brown on the inner, greyish on the outer webs ; winglet and 
primary-coverts black, edged with purplish ; lores and cheeks greyish 
white ; ear-coverts brown, with pale shafts ; entire lower plumage white, 
tinged with greyish ; lower aspect of tail white. 
