454 TROGLODYTID2. 
grey, the feathers with black terminal bars and conspicuous sub- 
terminal white spots; centre of throat and upper breast whitish ; 
under tail-coverts rufous-brown. 
Colours of soft parts. ‘Iris reddish-brown; bill black; legs 
brownish ” (Harington). 
Measurements. Wing 48 and 51 mm.; tail 36 to 37 mm.; 
tarsus 21 mm.; culmen 12 mm. ‘Total length about 4:1” 
(= 104 mm.) (Harington). 
Distribution. Sinlum, Bhamo Hills. 
Nidification. Nests of this Wren taken by Col. Harington and 
Mr. F. Grant were just like those of S. /. longicaudatus, that is to 
say oval-shaped, domed nests made principally with dead leaves 
and lined with the same papier mdché substance which appears to 
be used by all the birds of tnis genus. They were placed on the 
ground in forest, on banks in dense undergrowth. ‘he five eggs 
sent to me are all quite like those of S. U. longicaudatus, white 
egos well speckled with dark red, but of three eggs in one clutch 
taken by Col. Harington two were pure white and the third very 
faintly freckled. Hight eggs average 19:0 x 14°6 mm. and the 
extremes are 20°7 x 15°6 and 18-1 x 14:1 mm. 
May and June seem to be the breeding season and apparently 
the nests were all found at about 6,000 feet elevation. 
Habits. Harington describes this Wren as an inveterate skulker 
and very hard to obtain though its loud, powerful song may often 
be heard. It keeps almost entirely to dense forest with thick 
andergrowth betweer 5,000 and 8,000 feet. 
(467) Speleornis longicaudatus kauriensis. 
Harineron’s LONG-TAILED WREN. 
Urocichla kauriensis Harington, A. M. N. HL, ser. 8, ii, p. 246 (1908) 
(Watan, Bhamo Hills). 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Very close indeed to S. 1. sinlumensis but the 
throat and breast a shade more fulvous-grey, a little redder 
perhaps on the flanks and with the markings on the under 
plumage less distinct. 
Colours of soft parts. “‘ Iris dark red; bill dark horn-colour ; 
legs light brown” (Harington). 
Measurements. Wing 47 to 48 mm.; tail about 30 mm. 
(damaged); tarsus about 20 mm.; culmen about 12°5 mm. 
Distribution. The only two specimens known were both taken 
at Watan, Bhamo Hills, at about 7,000 feet. 
I retain this race with very great doubt and am convinced that 
with a better series of this and the previous form the S, J. stnlu- 
mensis will have to be suppressed. Aauriensis, it should be 
