220 TIMALIID A. 
(219) Pomatorhinus erythrogenys erythrogenys. 
Vicors’s RUSYTY-CHEEKED SCIMITAR-BABBLER. 
Pomatorhinus erythrogonys Vigors, P. Z.8., 1831, p. 173 (W. Nepal) 
Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 124. 
Vernacular names. Ban-bukra (Mussoorie). 
Description. Upper plumage, closed witgs and tail olive- 
brown; lores white, streaked with grey ; some white feathers on 
the eyelids; a moustachial stripe, red near the bill and then 
black ; forehead, ear-coverts, sides of the neck, thighs and under 
tail-coverts chestnut; sides of breast and body chestnut washed 
with olivaceous; chin, throat, centre of breast and abdomen 
white. There are only the faintest indications of grey strize on 
the breast. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris light greenish white, yellowish white 
or pale bright yellow; legs and feet fleshy or fleshy-brown; bill 
yellowish-horny. 
Measurements. Length about 280 to 290mm.; wing 95 to 
105 mm.; tail about 100 mm.; tarsus about 40 mm.; culmen 
about 33 to 35 mm. 
Distribution. N.W. Himalayas to Simla. 
Nidification. These birds breed in May and June, making the 
same kind of large oval nest as the other birds of this genus. They 
ascend at least as highas $,000 feet and possibly to 1U, 000 but are 
most often found in summer between 3,000 and 5,000. They build 
on grass-covered hills and in open serub-jungle more frequently 
than the other species do and nests may often be found some little 
distance from heavy cover. Hodgson says they lay three or four 
eges but two will be found hard-set far more often than four. 
AW "hirty eggs average about 27°9x20°3 mm. They are rather 
broad ovals in shape. 
Habits. The Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babblers haunt both 
underwood in dense forest, grass-covered sides of hills and 
deserted patches of cultivation where the vegetation is still sparse. 
They feed like the rest of the genus on grubs, beetles, earth- 
worms and insects of all kinds, and their voice is the typical 
triple “hoot.” They consort in small parties of three or four to 
a dozen individuals, are secretive in their habits, though not 
really shy, and they indulge in the same coneeeeticn al outbursts 
and quaint dances that their relations delight in. 
(220) Pomatorhinus erythrogenys haringtoni. 
Baknr’s RuSTY-CHEEKED SCIMITAR-BAaBBLER. 
Pomatorhinus haringtont Stuart Baker, Bull. B. O. C., xxxiii, p. 128 
(1914) (Darjiling). 
Vernacular names. YVongo-hut-pho (Lepcha). 
