216 TIMALIID A. 
Colours of soft parts and Measurements as in the last bird. 
Distribution. Toungoo and Karen Hills, Yamethen, Upper 
Burma. 
Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded. 
This and the Jast bird are undoubtedly only races of P. ferrugi- 
nosus, although the extremes of difference between birds from 
Nepal and birds from the Karen Hills are very great. 
Pomatorhinus ruficollis. 
Key to Subspecies. 
A. Upper plumage ruddy brown........ P. rv. rvuficollis, p. 216. 
B. Upper plumage olive-brown ........ P. r. bakeri, p. 217. 
(214) Pomatorkinus ruficollis ruficollis. 
Tart NepaL RUFOUS-NECKED ScrImMrraR-BsaBBLER. 
Pomatorhinus ruficollis Hodgs., As. Res., xix, p. 182 (1836) (Nepal); 
Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 122. 
Vernacular names. Bhiakuroh (Parbuttiahs). 
Description. Upper plumage, tail and closed wing ruddy 
brown; a broad white supercilium from the nostrils to the nape ; 
lores, under the eyes and ear-coverts black; sides of the neck 
bright ferruginons, extending to the hind neck and forming a 
collar; chin, cheeks and throat white; lower throat, breast and 
centre of abdomen white streaked with olive-brown; sides of 
abdomen and breast, vent and under tail-coverts olive-brown., 
Colours of soft parts. Bill yellow, pale at the fip and with 
three-quarters of the culmen nearly black ; iris pale red to crim- 
son; eyelid plumbeous; feet pale brownish plumbeous, pale 
greyish or greenish plumbeous ; claws brownish horny. 
Measurements. Length about 195 to 205 mm.; wing 78 to 
84mm.; tail about 83 mm.; tarsus about 27 mm.; culmen about 
20 mm. 
Young nestlings have the whole breast rusty red. The bill is 
entirely yellow. 
Distribution. Himalayas, Nepal to Eastern Assam, North of 
the Brahmaputra. 
Nidification. This Scimitar-Babbler breeds from the end of 
April to June from 4,000 to 6,000 feet, making the usual ball- 
shaped nest of grass, bracken and fern fronds, ete., placed on the 
cround in grass, w eeds or bush undergrowth. The eggs vary from 
three to five and are white like all other Scimitar-Babblers but 
have very little gloss. Fifty eggs average about 23°6 x 18-0 mm. 
Habits. The Rufous-necked Scimitar-Babbler frequents eleva- 
tions between 3,000 and 6,000 feet, being found still lower in 
winter and higher in summer. It ‘keeps much to forest with 
plentiful undergrowth, but also may be sometimes found on hill- 
sides covered mainly with long grass and bushes. 
