21. POMATORHINUS. 413 



Hah. Eastern Himalayas from Nepal, extending through 8ikhim 

 to Bootan, Assam, and the Tipperah hills to Burmah and Upper Pegu. 



a. Ad. sk. Ahnorah. Capt. Stackliouse PinwDl 



[P.]. 



h, c. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



(Types of species. ) 



(/, e. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



/. Ad. sk. Nepal {Hodgson). India Museum. 



//. Ad. sk. ])ai'jiling. Gould Collection. 



h, i. cS 2 ad. sk. Daijiling. A. (). Hume, Esq. 



k. Ad. sk. Darjiling. India Museum. 



I. Ad. sk. Assam (McCklland). India Museum. 



m. (S ad. ; n. J Cacliar, April and IMay J. luglis, Esq. [C.]. 



juy. ; o. $ ad. 1879. 



sk. 



}). Ad. sk. Upper Assam (Reid). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



q. Ad. sk. Aracan {As. Soc). India Museum. 



»•. cJ ad. sk. Thayetmjo, Sept. 7, 1872. £. W. Gates, Esq. [C.]. 



Subsp. ii. Pomatorhinus pinwilli. 



Adult. Similar to P. schisticeps, but verj^ small, and having a di- 

 stinct ferruginous collar separating the head from the mantle ; sides 

 of neck and sides of chest ferruginous, distinctly streaked with 

 white. Total length 8 inches, culmeii 1, wing 3"25, tail 3'7, 

 tarsus 1"2. 



Hah. This is a rufous-necked race of P. sch{stice2}S, representing 

 that species in the North-western Himalayas. 



a. Ad. sk. N.AV. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P.]. 



b. Jun. sk. N.W. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P.J. 



Subsp. i3. Pomatorhinus nuchalis. 



Pomatorhinus leucogaster, IJ'tdde/i in Bhjth's B. Burm. p. 113 (1875, 

 nee Gould) ; Hume i^- Davis. Sir. F. 1878, p. 282 ; Hume, Sfr. F. 

 1879, p. 96. 



Pomatorhinus nuchalis, Tweed. Ann. Nat. Hist. (4) xx. p. 535 

 (1877) ; Wardlaiv Hamsai/, Ibis, 1878, p. 134; Hume ■^- Davison, 

 Str. F. 1878, p. ■2S2; Hume, Sfr. F. 1879, p. 96; Oafes, B. Br. 

 Burm. p. 71 (1883). 



Adult male (Karen-nee, March 25, 1874 ; R. G. Wardlaw 

 Ramsay : type of species). Similar to P. sc/tisticeps, but of a warmer 

 olive-brown, and having the crown of a duller brown than the 

 back, and separated from the latter by a distinct rufous collar ; 

 " bill orange, black near the nostrils ; legs slaty ; iris straw-yellow " 

 {R. G. W. li.). Total length 7"7 inches, culmen I'l, wing 3'15, 

 tail 3-3, tarsus U25. {Mus. Ii. G. Wardlaiv Eamsat/.) 



Adult female (Thayetmyo, Sept. 1874). Similar to the male in 

 colour. Total length 9 inches, culmen 1-2, wing 3-4, tail 3-9, 

 tarsus 1-2. {Mas. R. G. W. It.) 



