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when feeding. It is to be met with both in pairs and in small parties, 
silent as a rule but occasionally bursting into a chorus of rather 
sweet, full notes when anything of special interest is seen or if 
suddenly disturbed. They slink about in a very rat-like manner 
on the ground under the bushes but move from one piece of cover 
to another in big bounds, only taking to wing when actually foreed 
to do so. They fly much like the Laughing-Thrushes, alternate 
sailings and furious flappings, tail bent up or down and wide- 
spread and legs carried well forward and down unless the flight is 
prolonged. They are not shy birds and are very inquisitive and 
cannot resist a closer acquaintance with any novel sight or sound. 
I have seen these birds mobbing a civet cat much as the birds of 
the genera Turdoides and Argya will mob a village cat which 
invades their territory. 
(212) Pomatorhinus ferruginosus albigularis. 
Buyry’s SCIMITAR-BABBLER. 
Pomatorhinus aligularis Blyth, J. A. 8S. B., xxiv, p. 274 (1855) 
(Muleyit Mt.) ; Blanf. & Oates, 1. p. 121. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Similar to the Coral-billed Scimitar-Babbler, but 
the crown is very little darker than the back. A black line extends 
above the white supercilium. The breast and abdomen are a very 
pale ferruginous, or pale buff with a faint rufous tinge. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris creamy-white to bright yellow ; legs 
and feet pale greenish or yellowish brown ; bill deep vermilion or 
coral-red. 
Measurements. A rather larger bird than phayrei, with shorter 
bill; wing about 95 to 100 inm.; bill about 24 to 25 mm. 
Distribution. Mountains of Tenasserim South to Tavoy and 
North to Karen Hills. 
Nidification. Mr. KX. Macdonald found it breeding on the Taok 
plateau 60 miles east of Prome. The nest was of the usual type, 
and the eggs, two or three in number, measured about 24°6 x 
18-4 mm. 
Habits similar to those of the other races. 
(213) Pomatorhinus ferruginosus marie. 
Watpen’s Sctmrrar-BABBLER. 
Pomatorhinus marie Walden, A. M. N. H., xv, p. 403 (1875) 
(Tounghoo Hills). 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. This is a pale form of albigularis, and the under 
parts are very pale buff with no tinge of rufous. 
