432 Capt. R. C. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 



the bill of B being from gape '625. The only black about the 

 bird is in front of the eye, and a small patch on the throat or 

 chin. The upper parts are greenish-olive, a little brighter on 

 the head; the lower parts light cinnamon-colour, lighter on the 

 ear-coverts and lower abdomen and vent. Irides light red; bill 

 bluish-horny, with a slight tinge of pink. Legs yellowish-fleshy. 

 Wings and tail olive-brown. The feathers of the head are harsh, 

 with black shafts, those of the rump and back being loose and puffy. 



393. Stachyrhis ruficeps. Red-headed Wren-Babbler. 

 Darjeeling collection, 1862. Two specimens. 



394). Stachyrhis chrys^a. Golden-headed Wren-Babbler. 

 Darjeeling collection, 1862. One specimen. 



395. MixoRNis rubricapillus. Yellow-breasted Wren- 

 Babbler. 



Ambekanuggur, Maunbhoom, 1865, where it was found on 

 the banks of the Cossye River, in search of insects among thick 

 shrubs and low trees. In a fresh specimen before me the bill 

 is bluish, especially the lower mandible. Length 5"375. 



Procured also in the valley of the Salween River, in Tennas- 

 serim {cf. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 547). It does not appear to be un- 

 common in suitable localities; but its skulking bush-loving 

 habits prevent its being often seen. 



397. DuMETiA HYPERYTHRA. Rufous-bcllied Babbler. 

 I consider a bird pi'ocured at Kashurghur, Maunbhoom, 1864, 

 to be referable to this species. 



399. Pellorneum ruficeps. Spotted Wren-Babbler. 

 Ambekanuggur, Maunbhoom, 1865. 



This bird has very skulking habits, frequents low and tangled 

 brushwood, where it makes, or probably several together, a tre- 

 mendous chattering like the Babblers. One can seldom get a 

 shot at it, although it is not uncommon in jungly ravines near 

 rivers. 



Description of a specimen in the flesh, March 3, 1865 : — 

 Length 6-625, wing 275, tail 2*375, tarsus 1-125. Throat and 

 belly white, striated with brown longitudinal spots on the breast. 

 *' Bulbul postha " in Maunbhoom. 



