. Birds. Birds. IXUL0S. 217 The birds of this genus ai-e found in parties, frequenting the branches of trees and feeding on insects. Key to the Species. a. Nape -white I. occipitalis, p. 217. 6. Nape -without any -white. a'. A chestnut collar on the hind neck LflamcoUis, p. 218. v. No chestnut collar on the hind neck I. humilis, p. 218. 231. Iznlus occipitalis. The Chestnut-headed Ixulus. Siva occipitalis, Blt/tA, J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 937 (1844). Ixulus occipitalis (Bl.), Blyth, Cat. p. 100; Harsf. 8f M. Cat. i, p. 411; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 259; J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 109; xlv
. Birds. Birds. IXUL0S. 217 The birds of this genus ai-e found in parties, frequenting the branches of trees and feeding on insects. Key to the Species. a. Nape -white I. occipitalis, p. 217. 6. Nape -without any -white. a'. A chestnut collar on the hind neck LflamcoUis, p. 218. v. No chestnut collar on the hind neck I. humilis, p. 218. 231. Iznlus occipitalis. The Chestnut-headed Ixulus. Siva occipitalis, Blt/tA, J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 937 (1844). Ixulus occipitalis (Bl.), Blyth, Cat. p. 100; Harsf. 8f M. Cat. i, p. 411; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 259; J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 109; xlv, pt. ii, p. 82 ; Sume, N. ^ K p. 396 ; id. Cat. no. 624; id. S. F. xi, p. 251; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 613; Gates in Hume's N. ^ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 145. The Clieatnut-headed Flower-pecker, Jerd.; Tenngyeng-pho or Turring- lUj-pho, Fig. 64.—Head of /. occipitalis. Coloration. Forehead and lengthened feathers of crest ferru- ginous brown j the tips of the occipital crest-feathers and a large nuchal spot white; lores and round the eye dusky; ear-coverts white streaked with rufous; with this exception the sides of the head and neck, the whole hind neck, and the cheeks ferruginous brown; back, rump, and visible portions of the wings dull olive-green, the shafts of the feathers of the back whitish, and the outer webs of the earlier primaries hoary grey; upper tail-coverts and tail brown suffused with fulvous; chin and throat white; breast pinkish brown streaked with brown ; abdomen and flanks olivaceous, the middle of the former part paler; under tail-coverts ferruginous. Bill black; legs pale yellowish brown ; iris brown (Jerdon). Length about 5; tail 2; wing 2-6; tarsus '8; bill from gape "6. Distribution. The Himalayas from Nepal to the Daphla hills in Assam; the Khasi hills. Habits, 4'c. Grammie found the uest of this species in Sikhim on the 17th June, with three eggs. The nest was a shallow cup of fine moss-roots and moss, placed in a< small Please no
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