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(215) Pomatorhinus ruficollis bakeri. 
Baker’s RuFOUS-NECKED SCIMITAR-BAaBBLER. 
Pomatorhinus ruficollis bakert Harington, J.B. N. H.S., xxii, p. 386 
(1914) (Shillong). 
Vernacular names. Moh- Mera (Angami Naga). 
Description. Similar to the last bird, but paler and olive-brown 
above rather than rufous-brown; below it is more fulvous and 
white instead of olive-brown and white. 
Colours of soft parts and Measurements as in rv/icollis, but 
the bill is rather more slender. 
Distribution. Hills South of the Brahmaputra in Assam, 
Manipur, Lushai, Chin Hills, Kachin Hills. 
Nidification. Breeds in the Khasia and N. Cachar Hil's in May 
and June, and in the Eastern Hills in April also. Later nests 
taken in July and August are certainly second broods. They 
nest everywhere between 3,000 and 6,000 feet, and though they 
seem to prefer humid forests, also sometimes build in recently 
deserted patches of cultivation where the grass and scrub is still 
scanty and low. The nests are the typical domed ovals of grass, 
bamboo and bracken leaves, but they are, perhaps, rather more 
tidy and smaller than most, measuring about 8" long by 6” wide 
and high. They lay three to five eggs which average (50 eggs) 
23°4 x 17-4 mm. 
Habits. Those of the genus. It keeps much to evergreen forest 
but may also be found in open bamboo jungle where it scratches 
about amongst the fallen leaves for a small bug-like insect on 
which it feeds. 
Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps. 
Key to Subspecies. 
A. Throat and breast white. 
a. Upper plumage bright ochraceous ....  P. 0. ochraceiceps, p. 217. 
b. Upper plumage olive-brown.......... P. 0. austent, p, 218. 
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B. Throat white, breast pale ochraceous .. P. v.stenorhynchus,p. 219. 
(216) Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps ochraceiceps. 
Luoyp’s Scrmrrar-BaBBLer. 
Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps Walden, A. M. N. H., xii, p. 487 (1878) 
(Shan States) ; Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 128. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Upper plumage bright ochraceous, the inner webs 
of the quills pale brown; tail paler ochraceous, the terminal 
halves of the feathers suffused with brown; lores and feathers at 
the base of the upper mandible black ; a narrow white supercilium 
from nostrils to nape; ear-coverts rich hair-brown; chin, throat, 
