408 TlAlELIIUJi. 



21. POMATORHINUS. 



Poiuatorliinus, Horsf. IVans. Linn. Hoc. xiii. p. 164 



(18i0) P. luontanus. 



Ortborhiinis, Bhjth, J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 371 (1844) . P. hypoleucus. 



Pomatostomus, Cab. Miis. Ilein. Th. i. p. 83 (1850) . . P. temporalis. 



Cf. Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1878, pp. l:.'0-14o. 



Range. The hill-countries of India and Ceylon, extending 

 throughout the Himalayas to the mountains of China, Formosa, and 

 Hainan ; southwards through the Burmese and Tenasserim hiUs, 

 down the Malayan peninsula, to Java, .Sumatra, and Borneo, re- 

 appearing in New Guinea and in Australia. 



Key to the Sjiecies. 



a. With a distinct white eyebrow. 

 «'. Chest uniform, not streaked. 



a" . Throat and breast of the same colour, 

 white or creamy white. 

 a'". Tail-feathers not tipped with white. 

 «\ Mantle chestnut, contrasting with 



head, which is dark slate-colour , . , , ^ 



, X montunus, p. 4iU. 



and forms a cap < , •' ^ n i 



,, T-r ii 1- r ^ c 4. uunieensis, \). 4 LI. 



0'. Mantle olive, tulvous, or rutescent ' ' ^ 



brown, the head slightly darker, 

 not forming a cap. 

 a\ Cnder tail-coverts dark olive- 

 brown or riifous-brown ; back 

 dark olive-brown ; the head 

 darker-coloured than the back, 

 being blackish, or slaty grey, or 

 deeper olive-brown. 

 a'. Sides of neck and sides of 

 breast rufous or rufescent 

 brown with white streaks. , ,.,. ,,, 



a\ Head slaty gi-ey andTi' .^' 



5". Head dark olive-bro\s'n or ' ' *■ 



blackish, deeper in colour 



than the back tnelanurus, p. 414. 



b". Sides of neck and sides of breast . , j; / 1- 1 1 ^ 

 black streaked with white . . 'f^J"'"''^ P- ^ f • 

 J.- T' J 4. -i ^ 1 ubscurus, p, 410. 



. L nder tail - coverts ochraceoua ' ' ^ 



brown; upper surface bright 

 ochraceous brown ; the head a 

 little richer in colour, but other- 

 wise like the back. 



c'^. Flanks ochraceous ochraceicejjs, p. 417. 



6?". Flanks olivaceous austeni, p. 418. 



6". Tail-feathers broadly tipped ^vith white. 

 c*. With no white wing-bar. 



(fi. Larger ; wing 4'65 inches : lower 

 breast rufescent ; forehead paler 



brown than the nape teinpuralis, p. 418. 



d^. Smaller ; wing 3'05 inches : lower 

 breast whitish, without any 

 rufous; forehead like the rest 

 of the crown snperciliums, p. 419. 



