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easily recognized by its mucii larger and more massive bill. It difEers in 

 having faint black shaft-streaks to the feathers of the forehead, the throat le^s 

 yellow, much the same colour as the breast, which is a dull greyish- olive, and 

 the sides of the head and neck grey instead of yellowish. 



Total length about 4*6 inches ; exposed part of culmen 05 ; wing 2*1 ; tail 

 2-2 ; tarsus 8. 



Adult female. — Similar to the male. 



Habitat — Sinlum-kaba, Bhamo District, Upper Burma. 



Fairly common ; ten specimens were procured. 



Nesting. — A very noisy little bird during the breeding season, drawing atten- 

 tion to itself if anyone invades its own particular patch of jungle. It builds an 

 untidy retort-shaped nest entirely of bamboo leaves, which it places in clumps 

 of long over^hanging grass. It is always very well concealed and can only be 

 found by seeing the bird fly out ; eggs generally three in number ; one nest 

 I got, however, with four. 



Eggs. — Pure white, with a few pale red spots forming a zone round the 

 larger end, one clutch of four have however a only very few spots, one egg 

 being almost entirely white. Average of seven eggs •65x'52, longest -eOx 5. 

 smallest -6 1 x "55. 



(176) MixoRNis RUBRiCAPiLLUS, (Tick.) — (The Yellow-breasted Babbler.) 



Kecorded by Col, Rippon, 

 *(179a) ScuacNiPARDS intermedius, (Ripp.)— (Rippon's Tit-Babbler.) 



Bull,B. O. C, VoLXI, p. II. 



Kachin name — Prep-dor. 



(Trans.) " Like S. mandelli, and with sides of the neck streaked with black, 

 the throat and the middle of the belly whitish and not fawn colour. " 



Nesting. — It builds an untidy dome-shaped nest on or near the gi'ound and 

 lays three eggs like those of the family, being white and smugged all over with 

 earthy brown, and over this a few irregular dark-brown spots, and measure 

 about -Sx'G. 



*(^182) Propaprds castaneiceps, (Hodgs.) — (The Chestnut-headed 

 Tit-Babbler.) 



One specimen. 

 ~(198) Drymochares nepaiensis, (Hodgs.) — (The Nepal Short-wing.) 



One specimen, 



(201) Tesia cyaniventris, Hodgs. — (The Slaty-bellied Short-wing). 



Recorded by Col. Rippon, 



*(2()2) Oligura castaneicoronata, (Burton.) — ^The Chestnut-headed 

 Short-wing). 



One specimen. 



SIBIIN^. 



(205) LioPTiLA RRACiLis, (McClell.)— (The Grey Sibia.) 



Recorded by Col, Rippon. 

 *^(208) LioPTiLA ANNECTENS, (Blyth.)— (Blyth's Sibia.) 



One specimen. 



