POMATORHINUS. 209 
Distribution. Eastern Burma, east of the Sittaung from Papun 
in the South to the Northern Shan States. Mackencie found it 
not rare at Prome. 
Nidification. The nest, which has been taken by Col. Harington 
and J. P. Cook, is anal to that of other Scimitar “Babbler. 
The eggs aE pees to number two or three only. Twelve eggs 
measure about 25:0 x 18-2 mm. 
Habits. According to Harington the bird haunts the thickest 
of cover, whether bamboo or other. It is found from some 2,000 
to 6,500 feet or higher. 
Pomatorhinus olivaceus. 
Key to Subspecies, 
A. Upper parts rufous-brown ..... Pepe maak hae P. o. olivaceus, p. 209. 
B. Upper parts olive-brown......... ee ava oe P. 0. ripponi, p. 210. 
(204) Pomatorhinus olivaceus olivaceus. 
Tue TENASSERIM SCcIMITAR-BABBLER. 
Pomatorhinus olivaceus Blyth, J. A.S.B., xvi, p. 451 (1847) 
(Tenasserim) ; Blanf. & Oates. i, p. 118. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Ditfers from the schisticeps group in having no 
chestnut band down the sides of the breast and flanks, the chestnut 
being confined to the sides of the neck. The rufous collar on the 
nape is not very pronounced. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris bright yellow ; bill deep yellow, dusky- 
green at base above; legs and feet plumbeous ; claws horny (Hume 
& Davison). 
Measurements. Length about 230 mm.; wing 90 to 96 mm.; 
tail about 100 to 106 mm.; tarsus about 80 mm.; culmen about 
27 to 28 mm. 
Distribution. Tenasserim, from Moulmein down to its extreme 
southern point and thence extending into the Malay Peninsula. 
Nidification. Breeds in T'enasserim from January to March, 
making the usual Scimitar-Babbler’s nest, either globular or cup- 
shaped, on the ground in thick jupele: The eges, either two or 
three in number, average about 25-4 x 18°5 mm. 
Habits. Oates writes: ‘They live on the ground or in shrubs 
very close to the ground, only very ocecasionaily mounting trees. 
They conceal themselves so well that they are very seldom seen, 
but when seen they perform fantastic motions, spreading out the 
tail and drooping the wings. They have a variety of calls which 
resolve themselves, however, into variations of the words ‘ hoot- 
hoot-hoot’ constantly repeated. They frequent the very thickest 
pieces of jungle, not only where the bushes themselves are thick, 
but where the iow undergrowth is entangled and intricate.” 
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