GAMPSORHYNCHUS, 231 
The habits, which are now well known, agree well with those 
of the more arboreal Timaliide, but their nidification would seem 
to link them with the genus Volvocivora and its allies. Its 
position is extremely doubtful, but for the present I retain the 
genus in the position given it by Oates. 
Fig. 41.— Head of G. 7. rufulus. 
Gampsorhynchus rufulus. 
Key to Subspecies. 
A. Upper plumage golden-brown............ G.r. rufulus, p. 231. 
B. Upper plumage rnfous-brown ............ G. r. torquatus, p. 232. 
(232) Gampsorhynchus rufulus rufulus. 
THE WHITE-HEADED SHRIKE-BABBLER. 
Gampsorhynchus rufulus Blyth, J. A. 8. B., xiii, p. 871 (1844) (Dar- 
jiling); Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 135. 
Vernacular names. Chongto-phep-pho (Lepcha); Daophlantu- 
tiba (Cachar1). 
Description. The whole head, neck and breast white; rictal 
‘bristles black and white in front, pure white behind; upper 
plumage, tail and wings golden brown; lower and median coverts 
and edge of wing white; quills dark brown; tail edged interiorly 
and tipped with yellowish buff; lower plumage pale fulvous. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris pale lemon-white to deep golden 
yellow ; bill pale fleshy-horny, darker at base and on culmen; 
legs reddish brown. 
Measurements. Total length about 250 to 260 mm.; wing 90 to 
100 mm. ; tail 110 to 120 mm. ; tarsus about 26 to 28 mm.; culmen 
about 20 to 21 mm. 
The young bird has the white of the head and breast replaced 
with light chestnut, the fulvous of the abdomen extending on to 
the lower breast ; there is no white on the wing and the upper 
parts are more rufous. 
The adult plumage probably takes two years for completion, as 
the male has been found breeding in semi-mature dress. 
Distribution. The lower hills of Sikkim and Bhutan, Assam 
North and South of the Brahmaputra, Chin Hills and Arrakan. 
