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Rh Distribution. The higher regions of Nepal and Sikkim; Jerdon obtained it at 10,000 feet near Darjeeling and Blanford in the Lachung Valley between 7,000 and 8,000 feet elevation. It extends to the mountains which lie between China and Tibet.

Nidificatioin and Habits. Nothing recorded.


 * Suthora nepalensis Hodgs., Ind. Rev., ii, p. 32 (1838) (Nepal); Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 65.

Vernacular names. Suthora (Nepal).

Description. Forehead, crown and nape smoky grey; a very broad black supercilium from forehead to nape; lores, round the eye, and a short broad eyebrow white; remainder of the side of the head slaty blue; upper plumage and wing-coverts orange- brown; primary-coverts black; primaries with hoary outer webs, tinged with chestnut at base; the outer quills chiefly chestnut on the outer webs and tipped with white on both webs; tail chestnut broadly tipped with blackish; point of the chin black; throat rusty, with black bars showing through; lower plumage orange-fulvous.

Colours of soft parts. Not recorded.

Measurements. Total length about 110 mm.; wing 47 to 49 mm.; tail about 55 to 58 mm.; tarsus about 16 to 16·5 mm.; culmen about 5 mm.

Distribution. Nepal only.

Nidification and Habits. Nothing known.


 * Suthora poliotis Blyth, J. A. S. B., xx, p. 522 (1851) (Cherrapanji, Khasia Hills); Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 65.

Vernacular names. Dao mougasha kashiba (Cachari).

Description. Upper plumage bright orange-brown; a broad black supercilium extending to the nape and a narrow white line below it; lores, cheeks and under the eye white; ear-coverts and sides of the neck slaty-blue; a streak of fulvous behind the eye and over the front part of the ear-coverts; chin and throat black; lower plumage bluish grey, becoming whitish on the abdomen and under tail-coverts; primary-coverts black; primaries with hoary outer webs, tinged with chestnut at the base; the outer quills chiefly chestnut on the outer webs and tipped with white; tail chestnut broadly tipped with blackish.