CATALOGUE. 
311 
(1845),^. 198 ; Cat. B. ofNep. p. 70. Blyth, Cat. 
B. 3Ius. A. 8. Bcng. p. 169. Bonap., C. G. Av. 
p. 300. Jardine, Cont. Orn. p. 119, t. S ^ • 
Sericornis chryssea, Hodgs. Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XIV. 
p. 549. 
The Golden Tarsiger, Grwy. 
a. b.c.d. S ? . Nepal (No. 408, Hodgs. Cat.) Pre- 
sented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
" This bird inhabits the central hills of the Himalaya ; is shy, 
solitary, and bush-loving, constantly descending to the ground from 
its perch. It feeds and breeds on the ground, making a compact 
saucer-like nest of moss. Eggs verditer." — (Hodgs. 
483. TARSIGER SUPERGILIARIS, Hodgson. 
Tarsiger superciliaris, Hodgs. Moore^ P. Z. S. (1854), 
p. 
A. B. c. d. S ? . Nepal (Nos. 409, 924, Hodgs. Cat.). 
Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., October, 1853. 
T. superciliaris. Male, length 5i in., of wing 3|- in., tail 2f in., 
bill to gape f in., and tarse 1^ in. Above, deep cyaneous ; wings 
brown, margined with cyaneous and rufous on the shoulder, primaries 
also margined with rufous, secondaries with cyaneous ; tail brown, 
margined with cyaneous ; lores and cheeks black, a white superciliary 
streak extending 1|- in. from the nares to the back of the neck ; be- 
neath rufous ; middle of belly white. Female, olive- brown above ; 
wings and tail brown, margined with rusty olive ; superciliary streak 
not so clear as in the male ; beneath pale dull rufous ; middle of belly 
and shafts on the underside of tail white ; bill black ; legs horn. 
Genus Cyanecula, Brehm. (1828). 
Pandicilla, Blyth, Field Nat. Mag. (1833). 
484. CYANECULA SUECICA, Linn. 8p. 
MotaciUa suecica, Linn., S. N. I. p. 336. Lath., Hist. 
VII. p. 28. Tickell, LAS. Beng. II. p. 575. 
Cyanecula suecica, G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 182. 
Hodgs., Cat. B. of Nep. p. 70. Blyfh, L A. S. 
Beng. XVI. p. 135; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. 
p. 167. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 296. 
