21. POMATORHINirS. 429 



the rufous line behind the ear-coverts, no mention of which is raade 

 by Dr. Jerdon either in his description (' Ibis,' 1872, p. 801). The 

 rufous line is mentioned by Bljth in his original description of P. 

 hypoUums, and is present in all specimens examined by me from 

 Aracan, Cachar, and the Khasia hills; but in one bird from the 

 Garo hills it is absent, and this is the P. hijpoleucus of Jerdon (nee 

 Blyth)*. ^ The Cachar specimen in the Museum has the rufous line ; 

 but this is feebly developed in several others, and I doubt whether 

 the two species will be ultimately found to be distinct. 

 Hah. The Khasia hills and Cachar, extending to Aracan. 



a Ad. sk. Khasia hiUs {Griffith)'^. India Museum. 



6. Ad. sk. Aracan {As. Soc). India Museum, 



e. cJ ad sk. Dilkovsha, Cachar, Feb. 28, 1879. J. Inglis, Esq. [C.]. 



Subsp. a. Pomatorhinus inglisi. 



Orthorhinus inglisi, mime, Str. F. 1877, p. 31, 1879, p. 96. 



Similar to P. hypoleiicus described above, but without the rufous 

 band behind the ear-coverts. Total length 10-5 inches, wing 4-1, 

 tail 3-9, tarsus 1-6. {Mus. H. H. Godiuin- Austen.) 



Hah. Sikhim (?) to the Garo hiUs. 



22. Pomatorhinus tickelli. 



Pomatorhinus hypoleucus, Bbjth, J. A. S. Beni/. xxiv. p. 273 (1855) 

 Pomatorhinus tickelli, Mi/tk, MSS. ; TicMl, Ibis, 1863, p 11.3 • 



Grcq/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 278, no. 4095 (1869) ; Wardlaiu Bamsay, 



Ibis, 16,8, p. 142 ; Oafes, B. Brit. Bunn. p. 76 (1883). 

 Orthorhinus tickelli, Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. 32; id. ^ Davison, Str. 



f- 18^8, p. 285; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 96; Bingham, Str. F. 



1880, p. 181 ; Hume, t. c. p. 253. 



Adult male. General colour above warm olive-brown, the lesser 

 wing-coverts like the back, the greater series more distinctly rufous 

 externally ; primary-coverts and quills blackish, externally rufous, 

 the inner secondaries entirely reddish brown ; rump slightly more 

 ashy than the rest of the back ; ui^per tail-coverts reddish brown ; 

 tail-feathers deep chestnut-brown ; head and nape a trifle more olive 

 than the back, with a very distinct superciliary streak of ferruginous 

 feathers, mcsially streaked with creamy white ; lores and the fea- 

 thers round the eye ashy ; ear-coverts pale creamy brown, Avith a 

 large patch of bright ferruginous behind ; on the sides of the neck 

 a number of ovate longitudinal spots of creamv white, the hinder- 

 most being edged with black ; cheeks and under surface of body 

 creamy white, the flanks and thighs olive-brown, narrowly streaked 

 with bufiy whitish, the sides of the breast ashy grey, with a long 

 mesial streak of white laterally bordered with black; some of 



* Cf. Wardlaw Eaiiisay, I, c. 



t Erroneously stated to be from Afghanistan (Ilorsf. & Moore, I. c). 



