210 TIMALIID, 
(205) Pomatorhinus olivaceus ripponi. 
Harineron’s SHAN SciMITAR-BABBLER. 
Pomatorhinus rippont Harington, Bull, B. O. C.xxvii, p. 9 (1910) 
(Shan States). 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Differs from the Tenasserim Scimitar-Babbler in 
having the colour of the upper parts olive-brown instead of 
rufous-brown; the tail is concolorous with, instead of darker 
than, the back; the chestnut neck-patch is paler and the bill is 
perhaps more slender. 
Colours of soft parts as in LP. 0. olivaceus. 
Measurements. Total length about 210 mm.; wing 85 to 88 
mm.; tail about 95 to 98 mm.; tarsus 25 mm.; culmen about 
27 to 28 mm. 
Distribution. Shan States and Kachin Hills. 
Nidification similar to that of the last bird. Eggs taken by 
Messrs. J. P. Cook and Mackenzie average about 25:0 x 17-9 mm. 
Habits. This bird was found by Mr. Cook frequenting grass 
lands rather than forest or jungle, and he even obtained it breeding 
in such places. It is found at all elevations between 2,500 and 
5,000 feet. 
Pomatorhinus horsfieldi. 
Key to Subspecies. 
A. Sides of neck and breast blackish brown.. P. h. horsfieldi, p. 210. 
B. Sides of neck and breast brown........ P.h. obsewus, p. 211. 
©, Sides of neck rufescent like the back P.h. melanurus, p. 212. 
DP. Sides of neck and breast broadly deep [p. 211. 
NEG SS amomno a itmarcua svoscosacodad P. A. travancoriensis, 
(206) Pomatorhinus horsfieldi horsfieldii 
Tar Deccan ScCIMITAR- BABBLER. 
Pomatorhinus horsfielditSykes, P. Z. 8. 1882, p. 89 (Deccan) ; Blanf. 
& Oates, 1, p. 119. 
Vernacular names. Namala Pitta or Dasari Pitta (Tel.). 
Description. Upper plumage dark earthy-brown with a tinge of 
rufous, the head slightly darker; a white supercilium from the 
nostril to the nape, edged with black above; chin, throat, breast 
and abdomen white; lores, under the eye, the ear-coverts, the 
sides of the neck and a band bordering the breast and abdomen 
blackish brown; sides of the body, vent and under tail-coverts 
slaty-brown ; tail and wings dark brown, washed on the outer webs 
with the colour of the back. 
