22? TIMALIID®, 
Distribution. Bhamo Hills, Yunnan into China. 
Nidification. This Scimitar-Babbler breeds in some numbers in 
the Bhamo Hills from 5,000 feet upwards and Harington took 
several nests at 5,500, which he describes as domed and placed on,’ 
or close to, the ground. The eggs are laid from the middle of 
March to early May and usually three form the full clutch, 
sometimes two only. They are rather broad ovals and measure 
about 27:0 x 21:0 mm. 
Habits. Harington records that this bird is very noisy in the 
mornings and evenings, having a fine Blackbird-like song, which 
it often repeats. 
(223) Pomatorhinus erythrogenys imberbis. 
SALVADORI’s ScIMITAR- BABBLER. 
Pomatorhinus tmberbis Salvad., Ann. Mus, Civ. Gen., (2) vii, p. 410 
(1889) (Yado, N.E. Leito). 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Practically the same in coloration as Vigors’s 
Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler but much smaller. 
Colours of soft parts as in Vigors’s Scimitar-Babbler. 
Measurements. Wing about 84 to 88 mm.; tailabout the same ; 
tarsus about 37 mm.; culmen about 30 to 31 mm. 
Distribution. Hills of Eastern Burma from the Ruby Mines to 
Tenasserim. 
Nidification. Mr. J.P. Cook found this bird breeding at Kalaw 
in some numbers in thin grass and scattered scrub-jungle at an 
elevation of about 3,200 feet. The nest he describes as like that 
of other Secimitar-Babblers and on the 13th April he took a single 
egg, hard-set, measuring 26-0 x 20°3 mmm. 
Habits. Frequents grass-land and thin scrub rather than forest 
er heavy jungle. 
Pomatorhinus hypoleucus. 
Key to Subspecies. 
a. Sides of head not streaked with white........ Ph. hypoleucus, p.222. 
&, Sides of head streaked with white ........ Ph, tickeili, p. 228. 
(224) Pomatorhinus hypoleucus hypoleucus. 
THe ARRAKAN Scrmrrar-BABBLER. 
Othorhinus hypoleucus Blyth, J. A. 8. B., xxiv, p. 273 (1875) 
(Arraican). 
Pomatorhinus hypoleucus. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 126. 
Vernacular names. Dao-hoot (Cachar1). 
Description. Upper plumage olive-brown, deeply tinged with 
