302 TIMALIIBiE. 



Distribution. The eastern hills of Burma, Kachin Hills and 

 Sliaii States to Karenni. 



Nidification and Habits. JNotliing recorded. 



(319) Leioptila annectens davisoni. 



Davison's Sibia. 



LUypiila davisoni Hume. S. F., v, p. 110 (1877) (Muleyit Mt.) j 

 lilanf. & Oates, i, p. 200. 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Ditters from L. a. annectens in having the back and 

 wing-coverts black and the rump and upper tail-coverts mingled 

 black and deep ferruginous mat-oon. 



Colours of soft parts. Iris crimson ; bill black ; legs lioruy- 

 brt)\\"n. 



Measurements about the same as in the other races or a 

 tritle smaller ; wing about 75 mm. 



Distribution. Tenasserim. 



Nidification unknown. 



Habits. Davison says : " I only found this bird at Muleyit, 

 quite near the top, usually in pairs, sometimes singly. I found it 

 genei-ally about the large trees surrounding the ' Sakans ' or 

 camping-grounds, strange to say, climbing about the ti'unk and 

 branches much after the manner of a Nuthatch. I have also 

 seen it bunting about the leaves and smaller branches of the 

 tree-tops. Those I killed had eaten only insects."' 



(320) Leioptila pulchella pulchella. 



Thk Beautiful Sibia. 



Sibia imlchella Godw.-Aust., A. M. N. H., (4) xiii, p. 100 ^1874) 



(Kunho, Naga Hills). 

 Lioptila indchdla. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 200. 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. The whole upper plumage and smaller wing-coverts 

 bluish-grev, brighter on the head ; median tail-feathers umber- 

 brown, with a subterminal black band and a dark grey tip; the 

 black gi'adually increasing in extent iintil the outermost feathers 

 are nearly all black with grey tips ; greater coverts next the back 

 entirely chocolate-brown changing to black on the outer coverts, 

 winglet and primary-coverts ; primaries black broadly edged with 

 bluish-grey ; outer secondaries with darker grey edges and inner 

 secondaries umber-brown, edged with black on the outer webs ; 

 lores and round the eye black ; ear-coverts mixed bluish-grey and 

 black ; lower plumage ashy-blue, tinged with vinous. 



Colours of soft parts. Iris crimson ; bill black ; legs horny-brown. 



Measurements. Total length about 230 mm.; wing 100 to 

 105 mm.; tail about 120 mm. ; tarsus about 33 mm.; culmen 

 about 20 mm. 



