SPH BNOCICHLA. 461 
Key to Species. 
A. Feathers of the throat and breast black 
Webepale shetbs oar. eae pene S. humet, p. 461. 
B. Feathers of breast ashy-brown with 
black margins and white submargins. S, roderti, p. 461. 
(473) Sphenocichla humei. 
Hume’s WedGE-BILLED WREN. 
Hleterorhynchus humet Mandelli, 8. F., i, p. 415 (1873) (Native 
Sikkim). 
Sphenocichla humii. Blant, & Oates, i, p. 336. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Whole upper plumage rich golden-brown, the 
feathers edged with black and all but those of the crown and nape 
narrowly anne with blackish; feathers of head, neck and inter- 
scapulars with white shafts, most conspicuous on the forehead ; a 
Fig. 91.—Head of 8. humei. 
broad white supercilium from the back of the eye breaking up 
into white spots on the sides of the neck ; wings blackish- eon 
the visible parts barred with dark golden- heer n; chin, throat, 
breast and flanks dark brown with w tite shafts anal the narrowest 
of white edges; belly ashy-grey ; posterior flanks and under tail- 
eoverts golden-brown. 
Colours of soft parts. Irides dark brown ; bill slate-colour, the 
culinen darker ; legs dark brown. 
Measurements. Wing 70 to 74mm. ; tail 64 to 71 mm 
26 to 27 mm.; culmen 22 to 24 mm. 
Distribution. Sikkim to the Abor Hills. 
Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded. 
.5 tarsus 
(474) Sphenocichla roberti. 
Ropert’s WEDGE-BILLED WREN. 
Sphenocichla roberti Godw.-Aust. oe . Lbis, 1875, p. 251 (Hemeo, 
N. Cachar); Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 35¢ 
Vernacular names. 7%ng-linrui adie (Kacha Naga). 
Description. Above dark reddish golden-brown, the feathers 
of the head and mantle with darker margins and abaclete ashy 
