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(215) Pomatorhinus ruficollis bakeri. 

 BAKER'S BUFOUS-NECKED SCIMITAR-BABBLER. 



Pomatorhinus nificollis bakeri Harington, J. B. X. H. S., xxiii, p. 336 

 (1914) (Shillong). 



Vernacular names. MoJi-Mera (Angami Naga). 



Description. Similar to the last bird, but paler and olive-brown 

 above rather than rufous-brown ; below it is more fulvous and 

 white instead of olive-browu and white. 



Colours of soft parts and Measurements as in nificollis, but 

 the bill is rather more slender. 



Distribution. Hills South of the Brahmaputra in Assam, 

 Manipur, Lushai, Chin Hills, Kachin Hills. 



Nidification. Breeds in the Khnsia and JN". Cachar Hills in May 

 and June, and in the Eastern Hills in April also. Later nests 

 taken in July and August are certainly second broods. They 

 nest everywhere between 3,000 and 6,000 feet, and though they 

 seem to prefer humid forests, also sometimes build in recently 

 deserted parches of cultivation where the grass and scrub is still 

 scanty and low. The nests are the tvpical domed ovals of grass, 

 bamboo and bracken leaves, but they are, perhaps, rather more 

 tidy and smaller than most, measuring about 8" long by 6" wide 

 and high. They lay three to five eggs which average (50 eggs) 

 23-4x17-4 mm. 



Habits. Those of the genus. It keeps much to evergreen forest 

 but may also be found in open bamboo jungle where it scratches 

 about amongst the fallen leaves for a small bug-like insect on 

 which it feeds. 



Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps. 



Key to Snideries. 



A. Throat and breast white. 



a. Upper plumage bright ochraceous .... P.O. ochraceiceps, p. 217. 

 6. Upper plumage olive-brown P.O. austeni, p. 218. 



B. Throat white, breast pale ochraceous .. P. o.stenorhynchus,^. 219. 



(216) Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps ochraceiceps. 

 LLOYD'S SCIMITAR-BABBLER. 



Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps Walden, A. M. N. H., xii, p. 487 (1873) 

 (Shan States) ; Blauf. & Dates, i, p. 123. 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Upper plumage bright ochraceous, the inner wehs 

 of the quills pale brown; tail paler ochraceous, the terminal 

 halves of the feathers suffused with brown ; lores and feathers at 

 the base of the upper mandible black ; a narrow white supercilium 

 from nostrils to nape ; ear-coverts rich hair-brown ; chin, throat, 



