41 G TTMETJID.'E. 



p. 31 (1863) ; Gray, Hand-/. B. i. p. 1>77, no. 4084 (1860) ; Ball, Sir. 

 F. 1874, p. 409; Morqan, IMs, 1875, p. 320; Bourd. Sir. F. 1876, 

 p. 399 ; JVardkuv Rainmi/, Ibis, 1878, p. 137 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, 

 p. 96. 



Adult. General colour above dark olive-brown, the ■wing-coverta 

 like the back ; bastard-wing feathers and primary-coverts a little 

 more ashy than the back ; qnills dark brown, externally dull olive- 

 brown ; tail-feathers dark bj'own, washed with olive-brown near 

 the base and on the outer web, with indistinct dusky bars under 

 certain lights ; head darker than the back, being dark iimbei'- 

 brown, the feathers with blackish tips ; on each side of the crown 

 a line of black, succeeded by a very distinct white eyebrow, which 

 extends from the base of the bill to the sides of the hind neck ; 

 upper edge of eyelid white, the remainder black like the adjoining 

 lores and ear-coverts, the hindermost of the latter slightly browner ; 

 sides of neck behiud the ear- coverts black, narrowly streaked with 

 white ; checks and under surface of body pure white, except on the 

 lower abdomen, flanks, thighs, and under tail- coverts, which are 

 dark olive-brown ; the sides of the fore neck and of the chest and 

 breast black, fringing the white neck and breast, the feathers 

 either externally white or streaked with white ; under wing-covcrts 

 and axillaries dark olive-brown : quills dusky below, rather more 

 ashy along the margin of the inner web ; " bill yellow, basal half of 

 maxilla dark brown ; legs dusky green ; iris red-brown " {It. G. Ward- 

 law Ramsay). Total length 9-2 inches, culmcn 1-2, wing 3*75, tail 

 4, tarsus VA. 



Hab. Southern India ; breeding on the Nilgherries and in the 

 Travancore hills. It extends into Central India, having been 

 procured in Cuttack, but was not found by Mr. Ball in Chota 

 Nagpore. 



a, h. Ad. sk. Deccan {Sykes)*. India Museum. (Types of 



species. ) 



c, d. Ad. sk. Nilgherris. India Museum. 



e. 2 ad. sk. Mynall, Travancore, F. C. Bourdillon, Esq. [C.]. 



Dec. 15, 1879. 



/. 2 ad. sk. Mynall, Apr. 20, 1880. F. C. Bourdillon, Esq. [C.]. 



g. Ad. St. South India. 



Subsp. a. Pomatorhinus obscurus. 



Pomatorhinus obscurus, Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 7 ; Butler, Str. F. 



1875, p. 471; IFardlaw Ramsay, Ibis. 1878, p. 137; Butler, Cat. 



B. ofSind ^-c. p. 29 (1879) ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 96. 

 Pomatorhinus horstieldi, Fairb. Str. F. 1876, p. 265 {nee Sykes). 



Adult male. Similar to P. hor-ificldi, but lighter and more ashy 

 olive-brown ; the black on the head and on the sides of the breast 

 and sides of neck not so strongly marked, and the flanks rather 

 lighter ashy than in that species : " bill ivory-yellow, horny at base 



* See note to P. dhsciirus. 



