This bird differs chiefly from Z. palpebrosa in being a little darker and in
having the hill a little longer than Indian birds.
Family—PABIDÆ.
Genus M e l a n o c h l o r 'a , Lesson.
114. M e l a n o c h l o b a s t j l t a n e a , Hodgson.
Parus sultan eus, Hodgs., Ind. Rev., 1836, p. 31; id., in Gray’s Zool. Misc., p. 83,1844; Gray,
Gen. B., vol. i, p. 192, 1847 ; Horsfield & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E . Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 369,
1856; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 234, 1869.
Parus cristatus, Lafr., Rev. e t Mag. de Zool., 1887, pi. lxxx; Mc’Clell., Proe. Zool. Soc., 1839,
p. 162 ; Blyth, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xi, p. 184, vol. xii, p. 955, 1843 ; id., Cat. B.
Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 102, 1849; StrickL, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1846, p. 100; Gray, Handl.
B., vol. i, p. 234, 1869.
Melanoehlora sumatrana, Less., Rev. Zool., 1839, p. 42.
Crataionyx flava, Eyton, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1889, p. 104.
Crataionyx ater, Eyton, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1839, p. 104.
Parus sumatrmus, Blyth, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xi, p. 792 ; Gray, Gen. B., voli i, p. 192,1847.
Melanoehlora sultanea, Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 333, 1850; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 282, 1862 ;
Walden, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1866, p. 551; Gould, B. Asia, pt. xx, 1868; Hume, Stray
Feathers, 1874, p. 479, 1875, p. 143.
Melanoehlora flavocristatus, Bonap. Consp., t . i, p.' 333, 1850.
a. S Kakhyen hills, March 1875.
Genus P a r u s , Linnæus.
115. P a r u s c o m m ix t u s .
Parus commixtus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1868, p. 63; id., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1871, p. 361; Hume, Stray
Feathers, 1874, p. 479; Blyth & Walden, Joum. As. Soc., vol. xliv, ex. No., 1875, p. 111.
Parus commixus, Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 231, 1869.
a. Adult, Ponsee, 3rd May 1868.
I. c. d. juv. Muangla, 21st January and 19th March 1868.
This species has been found to the south in Karenee and in Northern Tenas-
serim.
116. P a r u s n t p a l e n s i s , Hodgson.
Parus nipalensis, Hodgs., Ind. Rev., 1838, p. 31; Blyth, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xi, p. 459,
1842; id., op. cit., vol. xii, p. 182, 1843 ;• Godwin-Austen, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xlv,
1876, p. 83 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c., Nepal, p. 72, 1846 ; Blyth & Walden, Joum. As-.
Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875, ex. No., p. 112.
Parus schistinotus, Hodgs., in Gray’s Zool. Misc., p. 83, 1844.
Parus atriceps (nec Horsf.), Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1882, p. 92; Mc’Clell., Proc. Zool. Soc.,
1839, p. 162; Jerdon, Madr. Joum., xi, p. 7, 1840; Blyth, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xiii,
p . 943,1844.
Pams cinereus (nec Vieill.), Blyth, Cat. B. Mjis., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 103, 1849; Bonap. Consp.,
.t. i, p. 229, 1850 ; Blyth, Contr. Orn., 1852, p. 49 ; Layard, Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. xii, 1853,
p. 2.67; Horsfield & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 370, (pt.) 1854; Jerdon, B.
Ind., vol. ii, p. 278, 1868; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 281; Holdsw., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1872,
p. 460; Adams., Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 884; Ball, op. citf., 1874, p. 417.
Pams ceesius, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc., ,1871, p. 361; Hume, Nests and Eggs, 1878, p. 405 ; id.,
Stray Feathers, p. 148, 1875.
a. $ Mengoon, 14th January 1868.
Family—SITTIDAE.
Genus D e n d r o p h i l a , Swainson.
117. D e n d r o p h i l a . c o r a l l in a , Hodgson.
Sitta frontalis (nec Horsf.), Tickell, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. ii, p. 579, 1833; McClell., Proc.
Zool. Soc., 1839, p. 165; Gray, Cat.'B., Nepal, Hodgs., p. 62, 1846.
Sitta corallvna, Hodgs., Joum. As. Soc., Bengal; vol. v, p. 779, 1886.
Dendrophila frontalis, Jerdon, Madr. Joum.,- vol. xi, p. 48, 1840; Blyth,'Joum. As. Soc., Bengal,
vol. xiv, p. 580, 1845; id.. Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 190, 1849; Jerdon, B. Ind.,
vol. i, p. 388, 1862; Beavan, Proc. Zool., Soc., 1866, p. 8 ; e t Ibis, 1869, p. 425 ; Blanford,
Ibis, 1870, p. 466; Holdsw., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1872, p. 435; Fairbank, Stray Feathers, 1876,
p. 265; Fairbank, op. cit., 1876, p. 898; op..cit., 1877, p. 399; Godwin-Austen, Joum. As.
Soc., Bengal, vol. xlv, 1876, p. 71.
Dendrophila corallina, Bonap. Consp., t. i, 1850, p. 226; Gray, Hand List, B. M., ii, 1864, p. 182;
Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 473; 1875, p. 89; Sharpe, t. c., 1875, p. 436.
a. 3 Ponsee, 14th April 1868-
b. 5 Right bank of Tapeng, 5th February 1875.
The Marquis of Tweedale has recently stated1 that he is disposed to regard
the Javan bird as identical with the Himalayan form, but as the identity of the
two forms has not been satisfactorily proved, I have followed Sharpe in separating
them.
Family—TIMAL1ID2E.
Genus P o m a t o r h in u s , Horsfield.
118- P o m a t o r h in u s r u f ic o l l i s , Hodgson.
Pomatorhinus ruficollis, Hodgs., As. Res., vol. xix, p. 182, 1886; Blyth,'Joum. As. Soc., Bengal,
vol. xi, p. 175, 1842; vol. xii, p. 946, 1848; Hodgs., Cat. B., Nepal,, p. 86, 1846; Gray,
Gen. B.; vol. i, p. 229, 1846; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 147, 1849; Bonap.
Consp., Gen. Av., p. 220, 1850; Horsfield & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. i,
p. 286, 1854; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 29; Beavan,' Ibis; 1867, p. 433; Gray, Handl. B.,
vol. i, p. 278, 1869; Godwin-Austen, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliii, 1874, p. 160; op. cit.,
1876, vol. xlv, p. 75.
a. Momien, 29th May 1868.
' | Ibis, 1876, p. 346.
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