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 ixL'Lus. 323

Distribution. Himalayas, Sutlej to Bhutan.

Nidification. Similar to that of the preceding bird but, whereas • the Cheshiut-heiuled Ixulus generally places its nest on or almost on the ground, this bird seems to prefer to build it amongst the uioss growing on the branches and twigs. The eggs cannot be dis- tinguished from those of the last and '28 average 19"8L Xl4'2 mm.

Habits. Those of the genus. This Ixulus is found between 4,000 and 8,000 feet and keeps almost entirely to the greenest and most humid forests though it frequents the more open parts of these.


 * Ixuhm flavicoUis baileyi Stuart Baker, Bidl. B. 0. C, xxxv, p. 17 (1914) (Mishmi Hills).

Vernacular names. None recorded.

Description. General plumage paler than in I. f. flavicollis and the white shaft-lines extending over the whole of the upper parts: the ear-coverts have none of the bronze tint showing in that bird.

Colours of soft parts. " Iris red-brown; bill horny; t:irsus dull yellow " [Stevens). Measurements as in the preceding bird.

Distribution. Mishmi Hills.

Nidification and Habits. Not recorded. It is apparently this form which Stevens found in the foot-hills of N. Lakhimpur and the Abor Miri Hills. The birds from the jN". Chin Hills are, perhaps, also nearest this form.


 * Ixulus flavicollis harterti Harington, Bull. B. O. C, xxxiii, p. Q2 (1913) (Sinlum, Bhamo Hills).

Vernacular names. Chet-cliaw (Kachin).

Description. Similar to I. f. flavicollis but differs in having the crest a darker and richer brown : the collar a deeper and brighter chestnut and the back a darker olive-brown.

Colours of soft parts and Measurements as in I. f. flavicollis.

Distribution. The Bhamo (Kachin) Hills and Trans-Salweeu Shan States, Burma. Birds from S. As^am, Manipur and S. Chiu Hills are also of this form though not so dark as more Eastern specimens.

Nidification. This bird may commonly be found breeding throughout S. Assam and also in the Bhamo Hills. Neither nest nor eo'fjs can be distinguished from those of the Himalayan forms. Forty-eight eggs average 19-3 X 14-2 mm. y 2