362 TIMALIID ®. 
Distribution. The eastern hills of Burma, Kachin Hills and 
han States to Karenni. 
Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded. 
(319) Leioptila annectens davisoni. 
Davison’s SIBIA. 
Lioptila davisoni Hume, 8. F., v, p. 110 (1877) (Muleyit Mt.) ; 
Blanf. & Oates, 1, p. 200. 
Vernacular names. None recorded, 
Description. Differs from LZ. a. annectens in having the back and 
wing-coverts black and the rump and upper tail-coverts mingled 
black and deep ferruginous maroon. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris crimson; bill black; legs horny- 
brown. 
Measurements about the same as in the other races or a 
trifle smaller ; wing about 75 mm. 
Distribution. Tenasserim. 
Nidification unknown. 
Habits. Davison says: “I only found this bird at Mulevit, 
quite near the top, usually in pairs, sometimes singly. I found it 
generally about the large trees surrounding the ‘Sakans’ or 
camping-grounds, strange to say, climbing about the trunk and 
branches much after the manner of a Nuthatch. I have also 
seen if hunting about the leaves and smaller branches of the 
tree-tops. Those I killed had eaten only insects.” 
(320) Leioptila pulchella pulchella. 
THE BEAUTIFUL SIBIA. 
Sibia pulchella Godw.-Aust., A.M. N.H., (4) xiii, p. 160 (1874) 
(Kunho, Naga Hills). 
Lioptila pulchella, Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 200. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. The whole upper plumage and smaller wing-coverts 
bluish-grey, brighter on the head; median tail-feathers umber- 
brown, with a subterminal black band and a dark grey tip; the 
black gradually increasing in extent until the outermost feathers 
are nearly all black with grey tips; greater coverts next the back 
entirely chocolate-brown changing to black on the outer coverts, 
winglet and primary-coverts; primaries black broadly edged with 
bluish-grey ; outer secondaries with darker grey edges and inner 
secondaries umber-brown, edged with black on the outer webs; 
lores and round the eye black ; ear-coverts mixed bluish-grey and 
black ; lower plumage ashy-blue, tinged with vinous. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris crimson ; bill black ; legs horny-brown. 
Measurements. Total length about 230 mm.; wing 100 to 
105 inm.; tail about 120 mm.; tarsus about 33 mm.; culmen 
about 20 mm. 
