262 TIMALIID®. 
(268) Thringorhina oglei. 
AvstEn’s Sporrep BABBLER. 
Actinura oglei Godw.-Aust., J. A. S. B., xlvi(2) p.42 (1877) (Sadiya). 
Thringorhina oglit. Blant. & Oates, 1, p. 156. 
Vernacular names. Chiem-pitti (Trans-Dikku Nagas). 
Description. Crown, nape and hind neck rich golden-brown ; 
back, rump and upper tail-coverts the same but duller and 
obsoletely cross-rayed; wing and tail umber-brown, narrowly and 
closely cross-barred with a darker shade of the same ; forehead 
and broad supercilium white, the former with black shafts; on the 
sides of the neck the supercilium breaks up into white spots 
bordered with black ; forehead and supercilium also bordered above 
with black; lores and ear-coverts black ; cheeks, chin and throat 
white; breast grey; remainder of lower plumage dull umber-brown. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris crimson-lake; bill black above, grey 
on lower mandible ; legs and feet umber-brown. 
Measurements. Total length about 180: mm.; wing 68 to 
761mm. ; tail about 53 mm.; tarsus about 27 mm.; culmen about 
16°5 to 17°5 mm. 
Distribution. Eastern Assam North and South of the Brahma- 
putra. 
Nidification. This bird, together with its nest and eggs, were 
brought in by Nagas on several occasions to Dr. H. N. Coltart 
and myself at Margherita. The remains of the nest seemed to be 
those of large globular affairs made of bamboo leaves and grass with 
a mixture of roots, small twigs and dead leaves and according to 
the Nagas was always placed on the ground in ravines in heavy 
forest with plenty of undergrowth. The eggs, three or four in 
number, are pure white and very like those of Scimitar-Babblers 
but more fragile and without gloss. They measure about 22°5 x 
17-0 mm. 
The breeding season is May and June. 
Habits. Beyond the fact that this Babbler haunts thick, moist 
forests at elevations from 6,000 feet npwards, we know little of 
their habits. According to the Nagas they keep much to the 
heaviest undergrowth and are silent, skulking birds. Those we 
examined had eaten insects only. 
(269) Thringorhina guttata. 
TickELL’s SporreD BABBLER. 
Turdinus guttatus Blyth, J. A. 8. B., xxvii, p. 414 (1859) (Muleyit 
Mt.). 
Thringorhina gutiata. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 155. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Lores and forehead white with black streaks ; 
