Colour of soft parts and measurements as in the Nepal bird.
Distribution. Sinda Hills, northwards. The division between the Garhwal and Simla birds is curious and unusual but is very marked.
(72) Sylviparus modestus saturatior.
The Chinese Yellow-browed Tit.
- Sylviparus saturatior Rippon, Bull. B.O.C, xvi, p. 87 (1900) (Mt. Victoria, Chin Hills).
Vernacular names. None recorded.
Description. Like the Nepal Yellow-browed Tit but much darker and duller both above and below. The under plumage is also more grey and less yellow.
Distribution. Hills South of the Brahmaputra, N. Burma, East into China.
Nidification unknown.
Habits. Very little recorded. A bird of high elevations like the other races.
Genus MACHLOLOPHUS Cabanis, 1850.
This genus contains a group of rather large Titmouses with black and yellow plumage, structurally close to the genus Parus but with long pointed crests. Like Parus, however, the birds of this genus have a broad ventral band aud graduated tails.
Key to Species and Subspecies.
| A. |
Forehead bright yellow.
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| a. |
Paler and brighter, green of back more yellow and less olive
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M. spilonotus spilonotus, p. 89. |
| b. |
Darker, green of back more olive, less yellow and with more black in proportion
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M. s. subviridis, p. 90. |
| B. |
Forehead black.
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| c. |
Paler and brighter, tips of wing-coverts yellow
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M. xanthogenys xanthogenys, p. 90. |
| d. |
Darker and duller, tips of wing-coverts white
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M. x. aplonotus, p. 91. |
(73) Machlolophus spilonotus spilonotus.
The Northern Black-spotted Yellow-Tit.
- Parus spilonotus Blyth, Cat. B.M.A.S., xvi, p. 445 (1849) (Himalayas, N. Cachar).
- Machlolophus spilonotus. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 54.
Vernacular names. Muchetink-pho (Lepcha).
