CYANODERMA, 271 
(281) Stachyridopsis pyrrhops. 
Tur ReEp-BILLED BABBLER. 
Stachyris pyrrhops Blyth, J. A. 8. B., xiii, p. 379 (1844) (Nepal). 
Stachyrhidopsis pyrrhops. Blanf, & Oates, 1, p. 165. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Forehead and anterior half of crown fulvous, blend- 
ing into the olive-brown of the upper plumage ; the feathers of the 
forehead, crown and mantle dark-shafted; lores and chin blaek, 
the lower portion of the latter barred with white ; sides of the head 
fulvous ; lower plumage rather brighter fulvous; the sides of the 
body, flanks, thighs and under tail-coverts tinged with olivaceous. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris red to blood-red; upper mandible 
brown, sometimes, probably in the breeding season, tinged with 
red, lower mandible fleshy-pink, reddish-fleshy or fleshy tinged 
with slate; legs, feet and claws pale brownish-fleshy. 
Measurements. Total lengthabout 120 mm.; wing 50 to 53 mm. ; 
tail about 55 mm.; tarsus about 18 mm.; culmen about 10 te 
11 mn. 
Distribution. Himalayas, from Murree to Nepal. 
Nidification. The Red-billed Babbler breeds from 3,000 to 6,000 
feet or higher in Kashmir, making a nest of grass and reed leaves, 
either cup-shaped, semi-domed or completely covered in. It is 
nearly always placed low down in bushes in scrub-land or more or 
less open forest. The eggs are like those of the rest of the genus, 
three or four in number and measure on an average about 
16°5X13:0mm. The breeding season is from the middle of April 
to the end of June. 
Habits. These appear to be much the same as those of the last 
bird but they are never found below 8,000 feet and between, 
4,000 and 6,000 feet is their more usual elevation. They are said 
in winter to mix much with flocks of other birds and to have “a 
clear aud musical note like the ringing of a tiny bell.” 
Genus CYANODERMA Salvadori, 1874. - 
This genus differs from the two preceding in having the orbits 
naked and of a bright colour in life. The bill has the cuhmen 
straight on the basal half and slightly curved on its terminal half. 
(282) Cyanoderma erythroptera erythroptera. 
THe Rep-wiIncEp BaBBLEr. 
Timalia erythroptera Blyth, J. A. S. B., xi, p. 794 (1842) (Malay). 
Cyanoderma erythropterum, Blant. & Oates, i, p. 166, : 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Forehead, supercilium, ear-coverts, sides of the 
head and neck, chin, throat and breast clear plumbeous ; abdomen, 
flanks, vent and under tail-coverts fulvous-brown ; upper plumage 
rufescent brown ; wings and tail bright ferruginous. 
