22lJ TIMALIID.^. 



Distribution. Bhamo Hills, Yun.nan into China. 



Nidification. This Seiinitar-Bahbler breeds in some miinbers in 

 the Bhamo Hills fi-om 5,000 feet up\\ards and Harington took 

 several nests at 5,500, which he describes as domed and placed on, 

 or close to, tlie ground. The eggs are laid fi'om the middle of 

 March to early May and usually three form the full clutch, 

 sometimes two only. They are rather broad ovals and measure 

 about 2T-0x 21-0 mm. 



Habits. Harington records that this bird is very noisy in the 

 mornings and evenings, having a fine Blackbird-like song, which 

 it often repeats. 



(223) Pomatorhinus erythrogenys imberbis. 



Salvadori's Scimitar- Babbleb. 



Ponui/orJiiiius imberbis Salvad., Auu. Miis. Civ. Gen., (2) vii, p. 410 

 (1889) ( Yado, N.E. Leito). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Practically the same in coloration as Vigors's 

 Eustv-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler but much smaller. 



Colours of soft parts as in Vigors's Scimitar-Babbler. 



Measui'ements. Wing about 84 to 88 mm. ; tail about the same ; 

 tarsus about '37 mm. ; culmen about 30 to 31 mm. 



Distribution. Hills of Eastern Burma from the ]luby Mines to 

 Tenasserim. 



Nidification. Mr. J. P. Cook found this bird breeding at Kalaw 

 iu some numbers in thin grass and scattered scrub-jungle at an 

 ele\ation of about 3,200 feet. The nest he describes as like that 

 of other Scimitar-Babblers and on the 13lh April he took a single 

 egg, hard-set, measuring 26*0 x 20-3 mm. 



Habits. Frequents grass-land and thin scrub leather than forest 

 or heavy jungle. 



Pomatorhinus hypoleucus. 



Kei/ to Siibs2'>ecies. 



a. Sides of head not streaked witliwlute I'./t. hypoleucns, p. 222. 



b. Sides of head streaked with white P. h. tickelli, p. 223. 



(224) Pomatorhinus hypoleucus hypoleucus. 



The Abrakan Scimitar-Babbler. 



Othorhiiivs In/polnicns Elyth, J. A. S. B., xxiv, p. 273 (1875) 



(Arrakan). 

 PumatorhinitS Itypoleucus. Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 126. 



Vernacular names. Dao-hoot (Cachari). 



Description. Upper plumage olive-brown, deeply tinged with 



