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heiui and nape, chestnut ; face and throat black, with eyebrows 
and moustache streak white ; lower plumage, ferruginous ; 
upper plumage, outside i)art of wings and tail, brown. Length, 
4"2 ; tail, 2 inches. 
The Yellow-cheeked Tit {Machlolophus .nipthogenys) I have 
only seen once or twice "higher up " in summer. It is a very 
handsome bird of the P. major type with yellow cheeks and a long 
pointed crest, black with a yellow crest to it. Length, 5'5 ; tail, 
2-3. 
The Crested Black Tit {Lophuphanes nielanoloi)]ius) is a 
fascinating little bird, rather of the Cole Tit type with a crest. It 
is very common in the Station during the winter especially in 
hard weather, but I found them diflBcult to trap. I only caught 
one, in a very carefully " dressed " (i.e. concealed by tying on 
leaves, &c.) spring-net trap hung up in a medlar tree. Much to 
my astonishment, considering the curiosity of most Tits, using 
him as a call-bird was not a success, rather the reverse, as he 
showed his contempt of the low profession by refusing to live. 
Head and breast, black, with sides of the face and a patch on the 
nape, white ; rest of the plumage, iron-grey, with under tail 
coverts and sides of the body, chestnut. Length, 4'8 ; tail, 17 
inches. As one would expect it nests in a hole. 
The Simla Black Tit (L. rufinuchalis) very like the above, 
and the Yellow-browed Tit {SylvipaniH modrstus) a handsome 
bird of the Great Tit type but smaller and slimmer, would also 
probably be met with in the deodars in winter. 
The interesting family of Crow Tits ( ParaduxornWdnne) 
I regret I have never met, they come from much further south, 
and I only mention them as a prize that the inquisitive and acqui- 
sitive aviculturist should not let slip, if he should get the 
chance of procuring any ; very little is known of their habits, etc. 
{To he continued.) 
Nesting Notes, 1909— '10. 
By Mark Aronstein. 
Very i)i'ol);ibly the following notes will prove of interest to 
my fellow members. 
Blue Sugar Birds {Dacnis cayana). I have had a Blue 
Sugar Bird ( ? ) iiying loose in my aviary for the past four years ; 
she has built her nest regularly each year, mostly in a Hartz 
