44. PNOEPYGA. 303 



Pnoeprga squamata, Uli/fh, Cat. B. Mns. As. Soc. p. 179; Horsf. ^ 

 MoSre, Cat. B. Mas. 'E.I. Co. i. p. 180 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 488 ; 

 Beavan, Ibis, I860, p. 422 ; Feb. Ihis, 1868, p. 308 ; Bh/th, Ibis, 

 1870, p. 1G7 ; Godtom-Aust. J. A. S. Beng. xxxix. p. 101 (1870) ; 

 Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 130 ; morte, Str. F. 1878, p. 93 ; Hume Sf 

 Davison, t. c. p. 234; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 93. 



Adult. General colour above dark earthy brown, the feathers 

 slightly margined with dusky bhickish, producing a somewhat 

 scaled appearance : most of the feathers of the upper surface with 

 an ochraceous spot at the tip of the feather ; lesser and median wing- 

 coverts like the back, the ochraceous spots a little larger ; greater 

 coverts and quills dusky brown, rather rufescent brown externally ; 

 tail-feathers rufous-brown ; lores fulvescent ; ear-coverts brown, 

 longiludiually streaked with pale fulvous along the shafts ; cheeks 

 and throat dull white, mottled with dusky edges to the feathers ; 

 breast largely mottled with white, the feathers being centred with 

 a large spot of brown and narrowly edged with dusky brown, pro- 

 ducing a strongly scaled appearance ; sides of breast also scaly, the 

 feathers having a broad subterminal ring of white ; thighs brown ; 

 under wing-coverts ochraceous buff, edged with brown ; quills 

 uniform sepia-brown below ; " legs fleshy brown ; bill dusky brown 

 above, fleshy at the base beneath ; irides brown " (Jerdon). Total 

 length 3'5 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2*1, tail O'o, tarsus 0-85. 



Yomu/cr birds appear to be more rufous than the adults on the 

 upper surface, and below ochraceous buff in tint, the throat being 

 uniform, and the scaly appearance of the breast and sides being 

 produced by ochraceous-buff subterminal bars, instead of white ; 

 breast-feathers ochraceous buff, with dark-brown centres for the most 

 part concealed. 



The quite young bird, P. unii-olor or P. concolor of Hodgson, is 

 distinguished by its yellow under mandible and uniform coloration, 

 the upper surface being dull rufous-brown, more dusky on the head, 

 while the under surface is sooty black, washed with brown on the 

 flanks and abdomen. 



The Scaly-breasted Hill-Wren occurs throughout the Himalayas, 

 ranging into the Karen Hills in Burmah. 



a. Ad. sk. Between Mussoorie Capt. Stackliouse Pinwill fP.]. 



and Simla, 

 6. Ad. sk. Hiuialayag, Eyton Collection. (Type of J/. 



sqita7nafa.) 

 c, d, e. AA. !']i. Nepal. B. 11. Hodgson, Esq. (Types of 



P. albiroiter.) 

 /-I. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. (Types of 



P. Jlaviventer.) 

 k. Juv. sk. Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. (Type of 



P. concolor.) 

 I. Imm. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



m-s. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



t-w. Ad. sk. Nepal (^Hodgson). India Museum. 



