218 TIMALIID®. 
breast and centre of abdomen pure white; flanks, vent and under 
tail-coverts ochraceous. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris pale brown—probably young birds— 
to yellowish red and bright yellow; bill vermilion with a dusky 
patch next forehead ; legs and feet yellowish or greenish brown. 
Fig. 35.—Head of P. 0. ochraceiceps. 
Measurements. Length about 220 mm.; wing 86 to 92mm. ; 
tail about 105 to 110 mm.; tarsus about 32 mm.; culmen about 
30 to 32 mm. 
Distribution. The Karen Hills and Karenni,. Mts. of 
Tenasserim. 
Nidification unknown. 
Habits. Those of the genus, but Davison says that he sometimes. 
found them in comparatively open spaces and also that he saw 
them moving about moderately high up in the branches of trees. 
They keep above 3,000 feet and are found in pairs, not flocks. 
(217) Pomatorhiuus ochraceiceps austeni. 
Hume’s Scrmirar-Bapsier. 
Pomatorhinus austent Hume, 8. F., x, p. 152 (1881) (i. Manipur) ; 
Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 128. 
Vernacular names. /arui-gna (Kacha Naga). 
Description. Differs from the last in having the upper plumage 
pale olive-brown, merely tinged with ochre on the head and neck. 
The flanks, vent and nnder tail-coverts are also olive-brown. 
Colours of soft parts as in P. 0. ochraceiceps. 
Measurements as in P. 0. ochraceiceps, but the bill measures up. 
to 36 mim. 
Distribution. Hitherto only obtained in the Eastern Manipur 
Hills and once, for certain, in Eastern Cachar. 
Nidification. Like the other species of this genus, Hume's 
Scimitar-Babbler makes an oval domed nest of grass and bamboo 
leaves. A nest taken by myself at about 5,000 feet contained 
four eges measuring about 27°8x19°3 mm. It was taken on the 
19th of June. 
Habits. This bird seems to be found between 5,000 and 6,000: 
feet and upwards in the more humid forests with ample under- 
