SPEL.EOENIS. 455 



noted, will be retained because it appears earlier on the same pa<^e 

 than that of sinlumeiisis. 



Nidification. The two specimens sent by Col. Harington to the 

 British JNluseum were shot when building their nest in low scrub- 

 jungle at the edge of dense forest. 



Habits. //( cpislola Col. Harington says tliat they are the same 

 determined liltle skulkers as the Sinlum Wren, with similar 

 haunts, habits and voice. 



(468) Spelaeornis longicaudatus reptatus. 



Bingham's Long-tailed Wricn. x 



TJrocichla reptuta Biuohani, Bull. B. 0. C, xiii, p. 0;f (1903) (Loi- 

 paug-Nan, Mekong A^alley). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Similar to sinlumensis but with winjrs more cinna- 

 mon-chestnut, below all grey with no white on throat and breast 

 and with the dark bars and paler spots obsolete; the sides of 

 breast and flanks are more rufous. 



Colours of soft parts. " Iris crimson ; bill dark brown ; legs 

 and feet brown '' (^Forrest). 



Measurements. Wing 47 mm.; tail damaged ; tarsus 20 mm. ;, 

 culmen 13 mm. 



Distribution. East of Kengtung on the Mekong Valley at about 

 7,000 feet and on the Shweli-Salwin Divide in Yunnan. 



Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded and only one speci- 

 men obtained by Harington and a second by Forrest in Yunnan 

 at about 8,000 feet in December 1919 in a thicket. Nests and 

 eggs sent me by a collector from Thouugyi, Southern Shan States^ 

 are probably of this race but the birds' skins sent are too frag- 

 mentary to distinguish with any certainty. Tiie nests are exactly 

 like those of the Assam Long-tailed Wren, as are the eggs which 

 measure 18-5 x l-A-9 mm. 



The two clutches, each of tliree slightly incubated eggs, were 

 taken on the 16tii and 28th April respectively. 



(469) Spelaeornis longicaudatus oatesi. 



Kippon's Long-tailed Ween. 



TJrocichla oatesi Kippon, Bull. B. O. C, xiv, p. 83 (1904) (Mt. Vic- 

 toria). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Upper plumage and wings fulvous-brown, with 

 faint dark margins to the feathers and slightly more rufous on the 

 rump and tail; lores, sides of forehead and cheeks grey; ear- 

 coverts greyish-fulvous to golden-brown ; below white with 



