210 TIM ALII IX. 



(205) Pomatorhinus olivaceus ripponi. 

 HARIXGTOX'S SHAN SCIMITAR-BABBLER. 



Tomatorhinm rijtpom Harington, Bull. B. O. C., xvii, p. 9 (1910) 

 (Shan States). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Differs from the Tenasserim Scimitar-Babbler in 

 having the colour of the upper parts olive-brown instead of 

 rufous-brown ; the tail is concolorous with, instead of darker 

 than, the back ; the' chestnut neck-patch is paler and the bill is 

 perhaps more slender. 



Colours of soft parts as in P. o. olivaceus. 



Measurements. Total length about 210 mm. ; wing 85 to 88 

 mm.; lail about 95 to 98 mm.; tarsus 25 mm.; culmen about 

 27 to 28 mm. 



Distribution. Shan States and Kachin Hills. 



Nidification similar to that of the last bird. Eggs taken by 

 Messrs. J. P. Cook and Mackenzie average about 25'0x 17'9 mm. 



Habits. This bird was found by Mr. Cook frequenting grass 

 lands rather than forest or jungle, and he even obtained it breeding 

 in such places. It is found at all elevations between 2,500 and 

 5,000 feet. 



Pomatorhinus horsfieldi. 



Key to Subsjtecies. 



A. Sides of neck and breast blackish brown. . P. h. hors/ieldi, p. 210. 



B. Sides of neck and breast brown P. h. obscurtts, p. 211. 



C. Sides of neck rufescent like the back . . P. h. melanwus, p. 212. 

 1). Sides of neck and breast broadly deep [p. 211. 



black P, h. travancoriensis, 



(206) Pomatorhinus horsfieldi horsfieldi. 



THE DECCAN SCIMITAR-BABBLER. 



Pomatorhinus horgfieldi Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 39 (Deccan) ; Blanf. 

 & Gates, i, p. li9. 



Vernacular names. Namala Pitta or Dasari Pitta (Tel.). 



Description. Upper plumage dark earthy-brown with a tinge of 

 rufous, the head slightly darker ; a white supercilium from the 

 nostril to the nape, edged with black above ; chin, throat, breast 

 and abdomen white; lores, under the eye, the ear-coverts, the 

 sides of the neck and a band bordering the breast and abdomen 

 blackish brown ; sides of the body, vent and under tail-coverts 

 slaty-brown ; tail and wings dark brown, washed on the outer webs 

 with the colour of the back. 



