siniEJfocicnLA. 461 



Key to Species. 



A. Feathers of the throat and breast black 



with pale shafts S. hiimei, ]). 461. 



B. Feathers of breast ashy-bro-wu witli 



black margins and white submargius. S. roberti, p. 461. 



(-^73) Sphenocichla humei. 

 Hume's Wedge-billed Wren. 



Heterorhynchus humei Mandelli, S. F., i, p. 415 (1873) (Native 



Sikkim). 

 SpJieuocichla Junnii. Elanf. & Gates, i, p. 336. 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Whole upper plumage rich golden-browii, the 

 feathers edged with black and all but those of the crown and nape 

 narrowly barred with blackish ; feathers of head, neck and inter- 

 scapulars with white shafts, most conspicuous on the forehead ; a 



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 Fig. 91. — Head of S. humei. 



broad white supercilium from the back of the eye breaking uj) 

 into white spots on the sides of the neck ; wings blackish-brown, 

 the visible parts barred with dark golden-brown; chin, throat, 

 breast and flanks dark brown with white shafts and the narrowest 

 of white edges; belly ashy-grey ; posterior flanks and under tail- 

 coverts golden-brown. 



Colours of soft parts. Irides dark brown ; bill slate-colour, the 

 culmeu darker ; legs dark brown. 



Measurements. Wing 70 to 74 mm. ; tail 04 to 71 mm. ; tarsus 

 26 to 27 mm. ; culmen 22 to 24 mm. 



Distribution. Sikkim to the Abor Hills. 



Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded. 



(474) Sphenocichla roberti. 

 Egbert's Wedge-billed Wren. 



Sphenocichla roberti Godw.-Aust. &Wald., Ibis, 1875, p. 251 (Hemeo, 

 N. Cachar) ; Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 336. 



Vernacular names. Ting-linrwi gadiha (Kacha Naga). 

 Description. Above dark reddish golden-brown, the feathers 

 of the head and mantle with darker margins and obsolete ashy 



