An olive-brown bird with a chestnut-red cap. The lower parts are reddish yellow.
20. Myiophoneus temmincki. The Himalayan whistling-thrush. Common at Darjeeling.
21. Lioptila capistrata. The black-headed sibia, one of the most abundant birds about Darjeeling.
22. Actinodura egertoni. The rufous bar-wing. A bird about the size of a bulbul. It associates in small flocks which never leave the trees. Common about Darjeeling. A reddish brown bird, with a crest. There is a black bar in the wing.
23. Zosterops palpebrosa. The Indian white-eye.
24. Siva cyanuroptera. The blue-winged siva or hill-tit. A pretty little bird, about the size of a sparrow. The head is blue, deeper on the sides than on the crown, streaked with brown. The visible portions of the closed wing and tail are cobalt-blue.
This species goes about in flocks and has all the habits of a tit. It utters a cheerful chirrup.
25. Liothrix lutea. The red-billed liothrix or hill-tit, or the Pekin-robin. This interesting bird forms the subject of a separate essay.
26. Ixulus flavicollis. The yellow-naped ixulus. A small tit-like bird with a crest. Like tits these birds associate in small flocks, which move about amid the foliage uttering a continual twittering.