. Birds .. . iption. Differs from the Grey-headed Parrot-Bill in havingthe whole of the under parts suffused with fulvous and in beingrather smaller. PSITTIPAB¥S. 119 MeasTurements. Wing 86 to 89*5 mm.; tail about 78 mm.; cul-men 12 to 13 mm. long but only 9 to 9*5 mm. deep at the base;farsas about 25 mm. Distribution. Hills South of the Brahmaputra, Chin, KachiuHills and hills of Central Burma. Nidification. Cannot be distinguished from that of the Bed-headed Parrot-Bill in any way. 38 eggs average 20-7 X 16-2 mm. Habits. Similar to those of P. r. baheri, but is perhaps notfound at such low e
. Birds .. . iption. Differs from the Grey-headed Parrot-Bill in havingthe whole of the under parts suffused with fulvous and in beingrather smaller. PSITTIPAB¥S. 119 MeasTurements. Wing 86 to 89*5 mm.; tail about 78 mm.; cul-men 12 to 13 mm. long but only 9 to 9*5 mm. deep at the base;farsas about 25 mm. Distribution. Hills South of the Brahmaputra, Chin, KachiuHills and hills of Central Burma. Nidification. Cannot be distinguished from that of the Bed-headed Parrot-Bill in any way. 38 eggs average 20-7 X 16-2 mm. Habits. Similar to those of P. r. baheri, but is perhaps notfound at such low elevations. It occurred in the low hills roundMargharita in Assam, but here the close proximity of the snow-line gives an avifauna and flora at 700 to 1,000 feet which obtainselsewhere at more than twice this height. It is curious thatthough all the Iled-headed forms of Parrot-Bill consort togetherwhen feeding, none of the red-headed birds are ever found mixingwith those of the grey-headed races. 120 SITTID^.. Pig. 24.—Sitta himaXayensii. Family SITTlDiE. The family of Sittidce, or Nuthatches, ia one which it is noteasy to place in any system of arrangement of the Order placed them between the Bulbuls (PyenonotidcB) and theDrongos (Dierundce), with neither of which can they have anypossible connection. Hartert places them between the Gerihiidceand ParidcB, an excellent position, but making these three familiesform a group entirely by themselves having no close connexionwith those which come before or after. In the present workthe preceding family, the Paradoxorniihidai, is an obvious linkbetween the Paridce and the Timaliidce, and a position betweenthese families seems, perhaps, the best for the Sittidce. In manyways they are closely allied to the Tits, especially anatomically,and though they have not such close affinities with the Timaliidee,they may well be an offshoot from the Paridce, the other end of S1TTA. 121 which has no visible link with any of the oth
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