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bushes, flies very badly and unwillingly, and that it feeds entirely 

 on the ground. He also says that it is found by bushy rills and 

 is a shy, skulking bird. On the label of a Pinwill specimen is a 

 remark that this bird is a fine songster. 



Genus POMATORHINUS Horsf., 1821. 



In this genus the principal distinguishing feature is the long, 

 slender bill, either as long as, or longer than, the head, much 

 curved downwards and alivays compressed. The nostril is bare 

 and exposed, whilst the feathers of the forehead are short, 

 rounded and close. The tail is longer than the wing and much 

 graduated, the outer feathers never exceeding three-quarters the 

 length of the central pair. 



The young of the genus generally have more rufous or dark 

 colour on the breast and abdomen than the adults. The bill is 

 not fully grown for some months. 



Key to Species. 



A. With a white supercilium. 



. Bill comparatively short, about equal to 



head. 



'. Breast, throat and abdomen white. 

 a". Sides of neck chestnut, contrasting 



with upper plumage. 

 '". Chestnut of neck produced as a 



band down flanks. 

 a 4 . Chestnut band streaked with 



wliite P. schisticeps, p. 205. 



6 4 . Band not streaked P. nuchalis, p. 208. 



b'". Chestnut confined to neck P. olivaceus, p. 209. 



b". Sides of neck not chestnut P. horsfieldi, p. 210. 



b'. Throat white ; breast ferruginous, not 



striped P.ferruginosus, p. 213. 



c'. Throat white ; breast striped with olive- 

 brown P. rvficollis, p. 216. 



b. Bill more slender and about half as long 



again as head P. ochraceiceps, p. 217. 



B. No white supercilium. 



c. Bill not longer than head and slender .... P.erythrogenys,\>. 219. 



d. Bill longer than head and very coarse. ... P. hypoleucus, p. 222. 



Pomatorhinus schisticeps. 



Key to Subspecies, 



A.. Chestnut band deep inaroon-chestnnt. 

 a. Wing over 4 inches. 



a'. Darker and more olivaceous above . . P. s. schisticeps, p. 206. 



b'. Paler and more rufous above P.s. crypt(tnthus,-p. 207. 



6. Wing under 4 inches P. s. pinwilli, p. 208. 



B. Chestnut band much paler P. s. mearsi, p. 207. 



