POMATORIIINUS. 205' 



bushes, flies very bacll}'' and unwillinglj, and tliat it feeds entirely 

 on tlie ground. He also says that it is found by bushy rills and 

 is a shy, skulking bird. On the label of a Pin\\ill specimen is a 

 remark that this bird is a fine songster. 



Genus POMATORHINUS Horsf., 1821. 



In this genus the principal distinguishing feature is the long, 

 slender bill, either as long as, or longer than, the head, much 

 curved downwards and ahua>/s compressed. The nostril is bare 

 and exposed, whilst the feathers of the forehead are short, 

 rounded and close. The tail is longer than the wing and much, 

 graduated, the outer feathers never exceeding three-quarters the 

 length oi: the central pair. 



The young of the genus generally have more rufous or dark 

 colour on the breast and abdomen than the adults. The bill is. 

 not fully grown for some months. 



Keif to t:ipecies. 



A. With a Avliite superciliuni. 



a. Bill cumparatively short, about equal to 



head. 

 a'. Breast, throat and abdomen white. 

 a". Sides of ueck cliestnut, contrasting 

 witii upper plumage. 

 a'". Cliestnut of neck produced as a 

 band down Hanks, 

 a'. Cliestnut band streaked with 



white P. schidiceps, p. 205. 



b^. Band not streaked P. nuchalis, p. 208. 



b'" . Chestnut confined to ueck P. olivaceus, p. 209. 



b" . Sides of neck not chestnut P. Jiursjieldi, p. 210. 



b'. Throat white ; brea.st ferruginous, not 



striped P./eiTia/hiosus, p. 213. 



c'. Throat white ; breast striped with olive- 

 brown P. riijicollis, p. 21G. 



b. Bill more slender and about half as long 



again as head P. ochraceiceps, p. 217. 



B. No white snpercilium. 



c. Bill not longer than head and slender .... P.en/t/n'of/enj/s,]). 219. 



d. Bill longer than head and very coarse. ... P. hi/puleucus, p. 222. 



Pomatorhiims schisticeps. 



Kt'i/ to Subspecies. ' 



A.. Chestnut band deep maroon-chestnnt. 



a. Wing over 4 inches. 



a'. Darker and more olivaceous above . . P. s. schisticeps, p. 206. 



b'. Paler and more rufous above P.s. cryptant]ius,\i. 207. 



b. Wing under 4 inches P. s. pimoilli, p. 208. 



B. Chestnut band uuicli paler P. s. mearsi, p. 207. 



