240 TIMALIID A. 
having two broods. The eggs only differ from those of P. r. 
mandelli in averaging rather smaller ; 20 measure about 21°6 x 
16-4 mm. 
Habits. Those of Mandelli’s Babbler. 
(242) Pellorneum ruficeps granti. 
Tur TRAVANCORE SporreD BABBLER. 
Pellorneum ruficeps granti Harington, Bull. B. O. C., xxxiii, p. 381 
(1913) (Travancore). 
Vernacular names. Adavi-liku-jittu (Tel.). 
Description. Similar to P. rv. ruficeps but altogether a darker, 
more richly coloured form. The head is dark chestnut rather than 
rufous. 
Colours of soft parts. Irides dark red-brown to crimson; bill 
above black, below horny-white ; legs, feet and claws pale fleshy. 
Measurements. Length about 160 to 170 mm.; wing 74 to 
78mm.; culmen 18 mm.; tarsus 28 mm. 
Distribution. S8.W. India, Travancore, Wynaad, Coorg and 
S.W. Mysore. 
Nidification. Nothing recorded. Eggs sent me by Messrs. J. 
Stewart and T. F. Bourdillon are not.separable from those of the 
Spotted Babbler and measure almost 21:8 x 16-3 mm. 
Habits. Is found throughout its range between 1,500 and 
4,000 feet, but principally about 2,000 feer. 
(243) Pellorneum ruficeps mandellii. 
ManDELLI’s SPOTTED BABBLER. ,o99 
Pellorneum mandellit Blanf., J. A. S. B, xli, p. 165 (1341) (Sikkim) ; 
Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 140. Foe. Ac S-B., P7/ 
“es a 
Vernacular names. Dao-priti-pit (Cachar). 
Description. Differs from all preceding forms in having the 
feathers of the hind neck and sides of the neck blackish on the 
outer web, creamy-buff on the inner, forming broad streaks on 
the sides of the mantle. The lower plumage is more fulvous. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris hazel to deep crimson, dull pale brown 
in the young; upper mandible dark horny-brown, lower pale 
yellowish or horny-white ; legs and feet pale fleshy or fleshy-white. 
Measurements. Length about 165 to 175 mm.; wing 66 to 
73 mm., average 70 mm. ; tail about 66 to 68 mm.; tarsus about 
25 to 26 mm.; culmen about 16 to 17 mm. 
Distribution. From Nepal eastwards through the Himalayas, 
North and South of the Brahmaputra in Assam, Manipur, extreme 
North of Chin and Kachin Hills, and Bhamo. 
