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the name of Nance Cliura^ and retires to the cold regions of the hills 
during the hot season. He further states that it builds in small 
bushes, where the underwood is tolerably abundant, a nest composed 
of grass and hair, and lays four or five eggs which are ' black spotted 
with yellow.' " — (Gould.) 
In Nepal " it inhabits the central and hilly regions ; feeds equally 
on grass-seeds and upon insects and their larvae and pupae." — • 
(Hodgson.) 
586. LEIOTHRIX ARGENT A URIS, Hodgson 8p. 
Mesia argentauris, Hodgs., Ind. Rev. II. p, 88 (1838) ; 
Cat. Birds of Nepal ^ p. 94. 
Leiothrix argentauris, G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. 
p. 269. Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 99. 
Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 332. 
Philocalyx argentauris, Ilodgs., J. A. S. Beng. X. p. 29. 
Pringilloparus argentauris, Ilodgs. , J. A. S. Beng. XIII. 
f. 935. 
Eringilloparus (Mesia) argentauris, Hodgs., Gray's Zool. 
Misc. (1844), p. 84. 
The Silver-eared Leiothrix. 
A. Bootan. From Pemberton's Collection. 
h. c. d. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
e. Afghanistan. From Griffith's Collection. 
587. LEIOTHRIX STRIGULA, Hodgson Sp. 
Siva strigula, Hodgs., Ind. Rev. (1838), p. 89; Cat. 
Birds of Nepal, p. 95. 
Leiothrix strigula, G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 269. 
Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 99. Bonap., G. 
G. Av. p. 333. 
Hemiparus strigula, Hodgs., J. A. S. Beng. X. p. 29. 
loropus strigula, Hodgs., J. A. S. Beng. XIII. p. 935. 
loropus (Siva) strigula, Hodgs., Gray's Zool. Misc. 
(1844), p. 84. 
Muscicapa (Siva) strigula, Beless., Souv. Voy. dans VInde, 
II. p. 24, t. 8. 
Muscicapa variegata, Delessert, Mag. de Zool. (1840), p. 
t. 19. 
Garrulax felicise, Less., Rev. Zool, (1840), p. 164. 
