134 Lieut, Wardlaw Ramsay's Synopsis 



these parts iu the present species being light earthy brown. 

 Spec, ex Meetan {Limborg) : mus, Tweeddale. 



Bill yellow ; legs grey {Limborg) . 



Hab. Ye, Tenassserim Provinces [Barbe] ; Meetan, Tenas- 

 serim {Limborg). 



6. POMATORHINUS NUCHALIS, 



Pomatorliinus nuchalis, Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 ser. 4, XX. p, 535, 



Pomatorhinus leucogaster, Gould, apud Walden, J. A. S,B. 

 1875, p. 118, 



Pomatorhinus schisticeps, Hodgs. apud Hunie,S. F.v.p. 137. 



Distinguished from P. olivaceus by the ferruginous neck- 

 spot being extended down the flanks as in P. schisticeps, 

 Hodgson ; but the white streaks down the centre of the ferru- 

 ginous lateral breast-feathers, which are so marked in the 

 latter species, are here altogether wanting. It has also a fer- 

 ruginous nuchal collar, which is very broad and distmct in 

 specimens from Karen-nee. Spec. mus. nostr. 



Iris straw-yellow ; bill orange-yellow, black near the base 

 of maxilla ; legs slaty {W. R.) . 



Wing 3-6 inches, bill from gape 1"25, tail 4-0, tarsus 1-15. 



Hab. Thy etmy o, Tonghoo, Karen hills, Karen-nee {W. R.) 



7. Pomatorhinus ferruginosus, (Plate IV. fig. 1.) 

 Pomatorhinus ferruginosus, Blyth, J, A. S. B. xiv. p. 597 



(1845) ; Jerdon, B. of Ind. ii. p. 29. 



Pomatorhinus rubiginosus, Blyth (laps, cal,), J. A. S, B, 



kxiv. p. 273. 



Crown and nape black, a black patch extending from the 

 lores below the eye to the nape, and separated from the black 

 of the crown and nape by a broad white supercilium, which 

 commences in a tuft of stiff ferruginous loral feathers ; upper 

 part of the throat and lower cheeks white, forming a broad 

 white crescent. Body above and tail greenish olive-brown, 

 brighter on the wings ; lower throat, breast, and belly bright 

 ferruginous, changing into olive-brown on the flanks and lower 

 tail-coverts. Spec, descr. ex Darjeeling : mus. Tweeddale. 



Bill coral-red ; legs greenish brown ; irides red-brown 

 [Jerdon). 



