. Birds .. . iparus being preoccupied Gates renamedhis genus as above. This genus contains two species withinIndian limits which differ from S^chceniparus in having the tailmuch shorter than the wing, whilst from Lioparus it differs inhaving no hairs overhanging the nostrils. rSBUDOMINI/A. 287 Key to Species and Subspecies. A. Head grey; a long black siipercilium. P. dnerea, p. Head chestnut; no black super- cilium. [P- 288. a. Crown dark chestnut P. castaneiceps castanezceps, b. down light chestnut brunneicmtdata, p. 289. (301) Pseudominla cinerea. TUJi DUSKY-GKEEN TIT-BaT3BLEE.
. Birds .. . iparus being preoccupied Gates renamedhis genus as above. This genus contains two species withinIndian limits which differ from S^chceniparus in having the tailmuch shorter than the wing, whilst from Lioparus it differs inhaving no hairs overhanging the nostrils. rSBUDOMINI/A. 287 Key to Species and Subspecies. A. Head grey; a long black siipercilium. P. dnerea, p. Head chestnut; no black super- cilium. [P- 288. a. Crown dark chestnut P. castaneiceps castanezceps, b. down light chestnut brunneicmtdata, p. 289. (301) Pseudominla cinerea. TUJi DUSKY-GKEEN TIT-BaT3BLEE. Miiila cinerea Blyth, .T. A. S. B., xvi, p. 449 (1849) (Darjeeling).Sittiparus cineretis. Blauf. & Gates, i, p. 171. Vernacular names. Dao-perS kasldha (Cachari). Description. Upper plumage greyish green, tlie feathers of theforehead, crown and nape margined with black; a broad blackbaud ou either side oE the crowa from the forehead to the nape^terminating in a number of streaks on the upper back; a broad. Pig. 54.—Head of P. cinerea. pale yellow supercilium from the back to the nape; a line tlirou<»hthe tye black ; ear-coverts mixed grey and black ; cheeks yellow,tipped with black; wing and tail-feathers suffused on the outerwebs with the colour of the back; whole lower plumage yellow,the sides of neck, breast and abdomen olivaceous. Colours of soft parts. Iris brown or reddish brown; bill darkhorny-brown to nearly black; legs fleshy- or recldish-brown ; fleshy yellow (Jerdon). Measurements. Total length about 110 to mm.; wing 53 to58 mm.; tail about 42 to 44 mm.; tarsus about 23 mm.; culuien10 irim. Distribution. Nepal, Sikldm and Assam North and South oftiie Brahmaputra. Nidifioation. Tlie Dusky-green Tit-Babbler breeds from 2,500up to at least 6,000 feet but not often below some 3,500 nesting season commences early in April and continues up tothe latter part of July. The nest is either a deep cup, semi-domedcup or a complete oval and is placed either low
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