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400. Pomatorhinus ruficollis, Hodgson. 



As. Res., XIX— Blytu, Cat. «34— IIousf., Cat. 350. 



The Rufous-necked Scimitar-babbler. 



Descr. — Above olive-green ; head and nape dusky ; back and 

 sides of neck deep rusty ; lores and ear-coverts blackish ; a white 

 supercilium from the brow to the nape ; beneath, as above, but 

 paler, and shaded with white on the breast and belly, merging 

 into pure wliite on the chin and throat. 



Bill yellow, dusky above ; legs plumbeous ; irides red or red- 

 brown, (or sometimes hoary according to Hodgson). Length 8 

 inches; extent 9| ; wing 3 ; tail 3^; bill at front f ; tarsus ^. 



This species is found in the S. E. Himalayas and the Khasia 

 hills. 



401. Pomatorhinus ferruginosus, Blyth. 



J. A. S., XIV., o97— Blyth, Cat. 833~Horsf. Cat. 351— 

 Pion//-ko/iut, or Poniong-htit, Lepch. — Bhotetef, Bhot. 



The Coral-billed Scimitar-babbler. 



Descr. — Above greenish-olive brown, the cap black (in the 

 males) ; lores and ears black ; a long white supercilium, tinged with 

 rufous in front (in the male); beneath, the throat white, and the rest 

 of the under-parts deep ferruginous, fading on the belly, and 

 olivaceous on the flanks. 



Bill coral-red ; legs greenish brown ; irides red-brown. !Length 

 8^ inches ; extent 11 ; wing 3^ ; tail 4 ; bill at front 1 ; tarsus, Ij. 



The Coral-billed Babbler has been found in the S. E. Himalayas, 

 Nepal, and Sikhim, at from 3,000 to 6,000 feet of elevation. I pro- 

 cured it near Darjeeling, but know of nothing peculiar in its 

 habits. A very nearly allied race, P. Phayrei, Blyth, is found in 

 the hill regions of Assam and Arrakan, differing only in the crown 

 being of the same color as the back ; and P. ulhogularis, Bl., also 

 closely allied, is from the Tenasserim province of Burmah. 



402. Pomatorhinus schisticeps, Hodgson. 



As. Res., XIX.— Blyth, Cat. 828— Horsf., Cat. 345— P. mon- 

 tanus, apud McLelland — Puhdoa Beng. 



