of the Genus Pomatorhinus. 137 



tends from the base of the maxilla to the nape; the whole throat 

 breastj and upper belly pure white ; round the margin of the 

 white some of the black feathers are longitudinally striated 

 with white, and some of the white feathers are mottled with 

 black ; flanks, vent, and lower tail-coverts olive-brown. Spec, 

 descr. ex Neilgherries : mus. W. R. 



Bill yellow ; basal half of maxilla dark brown ; legs dusky 

 green ; irides red-brown. 



Wing 38 to 4*0 in., bill from gape 1*1 to 1*3, tarsus 1*4, tail 4. 



Col. Sykes remarks (J. A. S. B. iii. p. 537), " Minute in- 

 sects (Dipterous) found in the stomach .... the tongue and 

 habits of this bird are those of a Thrush or Timalia.'^ 



This species is very abundant on the Neilgherries, where, 

 like all the members of its genus with which I am acquainted 

 in the wild state, it is gregarious. 



For remarks on its nidification, vide ' Ibis,' 1875, p. 320, and 

 ' Stray Feathers,' iv. p. 399. 



Hab. Southern India, Central India {Jerdon), Cuttack 

 {Blyth) . 



13. Pomatorhinus obscurus. 



Pomatorhinus obscurus, Hume, Stray Feathers, i.p. 7 (1873) . 



<( Very like P. horsfieldi, Sykes, but larger (?) ; bill longer; 

 deeper, and more compressed, and general colour (where not 

 white) dull smoky earthy brown " {Hume) . 



" Irides dark reddish brown ; legs olivaceous slate ; bill 

 ivory-yellow, horny at base of upper mandible " {Butler) . 



Wing 3-8, bill at gape 1-4, tarsus 1*25, tail 4*0. Spec, descr. 

 ex Khandala : {Falrbank) mus. Tweeddale. 



Two specimens from Caudeish, two from Khandala, and 

 three from Mahabaleshwar are referable to this species, which 

 seems to be quite unmistakable. 



These are all smaller than the average of my series of true 

 P. horsfieldi from the Neilgherries; and Captain Butler's 

 wing-measurements (S. F. iii. p. 471) of four specimens from 

 Mount Aboo do not bear out Mr. Hume's statement that P. 

 obscurus is larger than P. horsfieldi. Captain Butler states 

 (/. c.) that this species, unlike its congener P. horsfieldi, is 

 not gregarious (?). 



