326 Mr. B. H. Hodgson on sios new species of Nepalese Birds. In conclusion, it may be as well to add, for formes sake, that I now adopt the old names of spinulosum and dilatatum for these species, from conviction that they have the claim of priority. St. John's Coll., Cambridge, March 1845. XLVI. — Characters of six new species of Nepalese Birds. By Brian H. Hodgson, Esq., late British Resident at Nepal. Parus jouchistos. — Back and wing-coverts gray, slightly tinged with olive ; cheeks, breast, abdomen and tail-coverts rufous ; top of the head shining black ; a line from the base of culmen extend-ing over the crown of the head to the nape rufous white ; throat gray; quills and tail blackish brown, margined with gray, and the two outer tail-feathers with white. \ Length 4| inches ; bill from gape 4 lines ; wings 2\ inches ; tarsi 9 lines. Parus seriophrys. — Yellowish olive ; coverts of wings, quills and tail-feathers blackish brown, the former with pale tips, the two latter margined with greenish yellow ; under surface yellowish white ; a spot of bright yellow over each eye. Length 4 inches ; bill from gape 4 lines ; wings 2~ inches ; tarsi 8 lines. Parus dichrous. — Cinereous ; forehead, cheeks, and throat brownish white ; breast and abdomen pale rufous; quills and tail-feathers brown, margined with cinereous. Length 4^ inches ; bill from gape 5 lines ; wings 2| inches ; tarsi 9 lines. Oreocincla rostrata. — Upper surface uniform ochraceous brown; beneath ochraceous white, the fore part of neck spotted with black, the feathers of the breast and abdomen margined with black ; a line from the nostrils through each eye white ; under tail-coverts white with dusky edges on the outer sides. Length 11 inches; bill from gape 1^ inch ; wings 5^ inches; tarsi l^^inch. lanthocincla [Trochalopteron) suhunicolor. — Olivaceous, tinged with rufous on the lower part of the back, some of the feathers of the upper part of the back margined with black ; quills black, basal part of outer webs bright yellow, the other part gray ; tail with middle feathers olivaceous brown, the outer feathers black, tipped with white. Length 8^ inches ; bill from gape 9 lines. Leiothrix (Proparus) chrysotis. — Cinereous, tinged with olive on the uropygium ; forehead blackish cinereous ; throat silvery gray ; breast and abdomen yellow ; wing-coverts and quills black, the latter margined internally with white, and exteriorly with
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