450 TROGLODYTID®. 
(463) Elachura haplonota.= ¥*: Ch. chocolatinus 
THe Prain Brown WReEN. 
Elachura haplonota Stuart Baker, Ibis, 1892, p. 62 (Hungrum, 
N. Cachar). 
Vernacular names. Zinglin-rui-gajeba (Kacha Naga). 
Description. Whole upper plumage and wing-coverts dark 
umber-brown, rather lighter on the rump and upper tail-coverts, 
the feathers obsoletely edged with rather pale sienna-brown ; 
wings dark cinnamon-brown on the exposed parts and dark brown 
where unexposed in the closed wing; tail brown, tinged with 
cinnamon-red but not so strongly as are the wing-quills; lores 
fulvous-brown, dusky next the eyes; chin and throat white 
tinged with fulvous and tne feathers, except in the centre, tipped 
with dusky; breast and sides of the neck fulvous-brown, the 
feathers tipped brown and subtipped white, the white being 
most prominent in the centre of the breast ; centre of abdomen 
white; flanks and under tail-coverts tulvous-brown, some ot the 
feathers of the former tipped white; thighs greyish-brown, the 
shafts of the feathers paler; under wing-coverts grey; axillaries 
dark fulvous-brown. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris light red; bill dark horny, slightly 
paler on commissure and tip; gape black, mouth bluish-fleshy ; 
legs sanguineous-fleshy, the claws still paler. 
Measurements. Length in the flesh 104 mm.; wing 50 mm.; 
tail 40 mm.; tarsus 15 mm.; culmen 10 mm. 
Distribution. The only specimen known was obtained on the 
Hungrum Peak, N. Cachar Hills, at 6,400 feet. 
Nidification. The nest, upon which the above bird was trapped, 
was made of skeleton leaves, dead leaves, roots, tiny twigs and 
grass bents fairly well bound together, covered outside with 
loose dead leaves and compactly lined with skeleton leaves. In 
shape it was a very deep cup about 81 mm. across its broadest 
part by about 135 mm. deep and it was placed under a fallen 
tree, supported by fallen branches and rubbish, the fallen tree 
itself forming the top of the nest. 
The eggs, three in number, were pure glossy white, one faintly 
speckled and the others more strongly marked with pale reddish- 
brown. They measure about 17:2 x 13-1 mm, 
The nest was taken on the 11th May in very dense secondary 
growth in which many dead trees were left lying. 
Habits. The two birds seen when watching the above nest 
were just like birds of the genus Pnoepyga in habits, very active 
and restless, quick on their legs but slow and feeble in their 
flight. Other birds seen but not procured, with a nest similar to 
that above described, were Just as shy and restless. The call-note 
is a loud, clear whistle and there is also a constantly-uttered soft 
“chir.” The bird, trapped on its nest, had fed on ants and a 
species of tiny bright blue beetle. 
