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1872.] W. T. Blanford — Zoology of SilcTcim. 
Upper parts dull ashy with a greenish tinge especially on the rump, 
quills and tail feathers brown with rather grayer margins. Forehead, sides 
of head and under parts (bill huff or dark isabelline rather more rufous 
behind, sides of the neek isabelline forming a whitish half collar, paler than 
the underparts. Iris blood red, legs leaden gray, hill black. Length, taken 
before skinning, 4'G, wing 2'8, tail 1'9, tarsus 08, bill from forehead 033 inch. 
Far from scarce in the higher pine forests of the Chola range, and 
common in Northern Sikkim from 8,000 to 13,000 feet, associating with the 
next two species. 
641 L. Beavaht: (Blyth). — ? Pams AtMnsoni, Jerdon, Birds of India 
II, p. 276. 
Adult. Head above with moderately long crest, glossy black ; nuchal 
spot and a large white spot on each cheek commencing in front at the gape 
and including the ear coverts white, often tinged with yellow ; back dark 
ashy grey, often with an olivaceous tinge, wings and tail dark brown with 
bluish grey edging, inner margin of quills white ; chin, throat and upper breast 
black without gloss, lower breast and abdomen rather pale grayish brown, 
more rufous behind ; axillaries, under wing coverts and lower tail coverts pale 
ferruginous. Iris brown, legs leaden gray, hill black. Wing 2'6 to 2 - 8, tail 
1'84 to 2'05, tarsus 073 to 08, bill from forehead 033 to 038 inch. These 
are the extreme measurements of six specimens. 
Young bird. Top of head glossless black, spots on nape and cheeks usu- 
ally pale primrose yellow, sometimes white, the black of the chin and throat 
ill-defined and passing gradually into the dull olivaceous gray, more or less 
rufescent on the abdomen. Crest very slightly developed. I cannot help 
suspecting that this is Dr. Jerdon’s Pams AtJcinsoni, the only difference ap- 
pears to be the length of the tarsus in that form, which is less than in any 
specimen of Loph. Beavani which I possess, otherwise the measurements cor- 
respond exactly. 
Loph. Beavani is by far the most common tit in the pine forests of 
Sikkim. Both on the Chola range, and in the northern valleys, I met with it 
in abundance. 
I am inclined to believe that the upper figure in the plate of L. rubidi- 
ventris in Gould’s Buds of Asia, pt. XI, represents this species. 
642 L. /Ewan rtrs, (Hodgs.). Mr. Blyth pointed out in the Ibis for 
1867, p. 34, that this bird is a Lopliophanes. Not only is it so, hut the 
crest is comparatively longer than in allied species. No complete description 
appears ever to have been given of it. 
Adult. Head above and a long recurved crest glossy black ; a rather large 
spot on the nape, and on each side of the head and neck, extending from 
the gape below the eye to a considerable distance behind the ear coverts, 
pure white ; back dark ashy, often tinged with olivaceous, passing into 
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