PYCTORHIS. D5) 
Description. “ Upper parts, especially head, saturated ; very 
dark brown, paling only on the rump. Chestnut colour of wings 
darker ” (Ticehurst). . 
Colours of soft parts and Measurements as in the last. 
Distribution. “ Bhutan and Buxa Dooars, Sikkim” (Ticehurst). 
I cannot distinguish this bird from those obtained in Nepal and 
the whole of West Assam, North of the Brahmaputra. Birds from 
the South of this river and from Bengal and the Chin Hills are 
nearer the typical form. 
Nidification similar to that of the typical race and 12 eggs in 
my collection average exactly the same as those of that bird. 
Habits. This is a common bird in all the wide grass-covered 
areas from the foot-hills up to at least 6,000 feet. It has, of 
course, exactly the same habits as the last bird, from which it is 
only very slightly distinguished in colour. 
(236) Pyctorhis sinensis nasalis. 
Tur Cryton YELLOW-EYED BABBLER. 
Pyctorhis nasalis Legge, A. M.N.H., (5) iii, p. 169 (1879) (Ceylon) ; 
Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 138. 
Vernacular names. Verra-Kali-jitta (Tel.). 
Description. Differs from P. s. sinensis in having the exposed 
portions of the wing-quills concolorous with the back, and in 
having more white on the sides of the head. 
Colours of soft parts similar to the typical form, but with very 
little or no yellow about the nostrils. 
Measurements. A rather smaller bird than the Indian form ; 
wing 59 to 63 mm. and other measurements in proportion. 
Distribution. Ceylon only. 
Nidification. Breeds from December (W. W. A. Phillips) to 
May (Legge), making a nest similar to that of P. s. sinensis but 
laying only two or three eggs. The few eggs I have seen resemble 
the most common type of egg described above for P. s. sinensis, 
but they only measure 17-5 x 13°8 mm. (19:4 14-4 mm., Hume). 
Habits. The same as those of the preceding subspecies. 
(237) Pyctorhis altirostris altirostris. 
JERDON’s BABBLER. 
Chrysomma altirostris Jerd., Ibis, 1862, p. 22 (Thayetmyo). 
a 
Pyctorhis altirostris, Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 139. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Forehead and a broad stripe to the eye hoxry grey 
