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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
Genus STAPHIDA, Swinh. 
145. STAPHIDA STRIATA. 
TICKELL^S FLOWERPECKER. 
Ixulus striatus, Bl. J. A. S. B. xxviii. p. 413 ; Hume, S. F. v. p. 107 ; Hume 8f Dav. 
S. F. vi. p. 374. Pycnonotus nanus, Tick. J. A. S. B. xxviii. p. 452. Sta- 
phidea striata, Bl. ^ Wald. B. Burm. p. 110; Hume, S.F. viii. p. 104. 
Description. — I transcribe Mr. Blyth^s original description : — Length 
about 5 inches,, of closed wing 2f inches^ and of tail the same ; bill to 
gape ^ inch and tarsi f inch. Colour greyish brown above, each feather 
with a white mesial streak; below albescent throughout; outermost 
feather j inch shorter than the middle pair, and largely tipped with white, 
as is also the antepenultimate, and next within gradually less so, the outer 
four feathers successively graduating.^^ 
Col. Tickell thus described the bird : — Iris blood-red brown ; bill dark 
horn ; legs reddish horn ; upper parts, including a blunt crest, ashy brown. 
Each feather shafted whitish. Remiges and centre pair of rectrices reddish 
clay-brown. Rest of tail dusky sepia, more and more tipped white 
externally ; chin, throat and all underparts ashy white. 
Dr. Jerdon united this species with a somewhat similar bird found 
on the Himalayas. Mr. Hume has made out a good case for their 
separation; and he has named the Himalayan bird S. ruficeps. Allied 
species are >S. castaneiceps from the Khasia hills, S, plumbeiceps from 
Assam, and S. torqueola from China, all with graduated tails. 
TickelFs Flowerpecker was discovered by Col. Tickell on Mooleyit 
mountain, at 3000 feet elevation, in 1859, and it has not since been found. 
The precise spot he procured it at is called Tretoungplee. 
Genus YUHIN A, Hodgs. 
146. YUHINA GULARIS. 
THE STRIPE-THROATED FLOWERPECKER. 
Yuhina gularis, Hodgs. As. Res. xix. p. 166 ; Jerd, B. Ind, ii. p. 261 ; Hume, Nests 
and Eggs, p. 396 ; Bl B. Burm. p. 110 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 104 ; Scully, S. F. 
viii. p. 321. 
Description. — Male and female. Head and crest rich hair-brown ; re- 
mainder of upper plumage, wing-coverts^ tail and tertiaries olive- brown, 
