414 •riMiaiiDJ;. 



Hah. Represents P. schisticeps in the hills of Kai-en-nee and tlie 

 north-eastern portion of Tenasserim. 



a. ? ad. sk. Karen hills, April 17, 1875. Capt. R. G. Wardlaw 



Ramsay [C.]. 



Subsp. y. Pomatorliinus olivaceus. 



Pomatorhinu3 olivaceus, Blyth, J. A. H. Bemj. xvi. p. 451 (1847) ; 



Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. 137 ; Wardlaiv Eamsai/, Ibis, 1878, p. 133; 



Hume Si- Davis. Str. F. 1878, p. 283; Hume, '.Str. F. 1879, p. 96. 

 Pomatorhinus leucogaster, Hirsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. 



p. 234 (nee Gould). 



Adult male. Yery similar to P. nuchalis, and having a rufescent 

 collar tolerablj' well pronounced, but having the -whole head dark 

 olive-brown like the back, or only a little darker on the latter ; 

 " bill deep yellow : legs and feet greenish plumbeous ; iris light 

 j-ellow " (B))if/hiim). Total length 9 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 'd'Ho, 

 tail 4, tarsus 1-8j. 



Nab. Lower hills of Central and Southern Tenasserim. 



a. Ad. sk. Tenasserim (Heifer). India Museum. 



b. Ad. sk. Meetan, British Buriuah, Feb. 26, A. O. Hume, Esq. 



1877 (ir. Davison). 



c. cJ ad. sk. Zamu river, Tenasserim, Jan. 2, Capt. Bingham [C.]. 



1879. 



4. Pomatorhinus melanurus. 



Pomatorhinus melanurus, Bh/fh, J. A. S. Bene/, xvi. p. 451 (1847); 

 id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 146 (1849) ; Bj). Consp. i. p. 220 (1850) ; 

 Eelaart, Prodr. Cat. p. 122 (1852); Lai/ard, Ann. 8f Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. xii. p. 271 (1853) ; Bli/th, Ibis, 1867, p. 301 ; Giai/, Hand-l. 

 B.\. p. 278, no. 4087 (1869) ; Leqqe, J. A. S. Benq., Ceqlon Branch. 

 1870-71, p. 41; Holdsiv. P. Z.'S. 1872, p. 447; Legqe, Str. F. 

 1873, p. 437; id. Str. F. 1876, p. 245: ]]luite. Str. F. 1877, 

 p. 202 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1878, p. 132 ; Hume, Str. F. 1878, 

 p. 383; id. Str. F. 1879, p. 96; Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 501 (1879). 



Adult male. General colour above dark olive-brown ; the wing- 

 coverts like the back, washed with ashy on the edge of the wing 

 and on the bastard wing and primary-coverts ; quills dusky brown, 

 externally washed with dark olive-brown like the head ; tail-feathers 

 blackish brown, washed with olive-brown on the margins and 

 barred with dusky under certain lights ; crown of head darker 

 olive-brown than the back; the base of the forehead and a line 

 along the side of the crown black, succeeded by a broad eyebrow of 

 white, as also is the upper edge of the eyelid ; the remainder of the 

 eyelid, lores, and ear-coverts black ; sides of neck washed with 

 rufous ; cheeks, throat, and underparts white ; the flanks, thighs, 

 and under tail-coverts olive-brown like the back ; the sides of the 

 breast and sides of chest obscurely streaked with white, many of 

 the feathers being white on their outer webs ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries like the sides of the breast, the former somewhat 

 more ashy ; quiUs dusky brown below, ashy fulvous along the 



