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breast and centre of abdomen pure white ; flanks, vent and under 

 tail-coverts ochrneeous. 



Colours of soft parts. Iris pale brown probably young birds 

 to yellowish red and bright yellow ; bill vermilion with a dusky- 

 patch next forehead ; legs and feet yellowish or greenish brown. 



Fig. 35. Head of P. o. ochraceiceps. 



Measurements. Length about 220 mm. : wing 86 to 92mm.; 

 tail about 105 to 110 mm.; tarsus about 32 mm.; culnien about 

 30 to 32 uim. 



Distribution. The Karen Hills and Ivarenni, Mts. o-f 

 Tenasserim. 



Nidification unknown. 



Habits. Those of the genus, but Davison says that lie sometimes 

 found them in comparatively open spaces and also that he saw 

 them moving about moderately high up in the branches of trees. 

 They keep above 3,000 feet and are found in pairs, not flocks. 



(217) Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps austeni. 

 HUME'S SCIMITAJI-BABBLEK. 



Pomatorhinus austeni Hume, S. F., x, p. 152 (1881) (E. Mauipur) ; 

 Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 123. 



Vernacular names. Inrui-gna (Kacha jSaga). 



Description. Differs from the last in having the upper plumage 

 pale olive-brown, merely tinged with ochre on the head and neck. 

 The flanks, vent and nnder tail-coverts are also olive-brown. 



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



Measurements as in P. o. ochraceiceps, but the bill measures up 

 to 36 mm. 



Distribution. Hitherto only obtained in the Eastern Manipur 

 Hills and once, for certain, in Eastern Cachar. 



Nidification. Like the other species of this genus, Hume's 

 Scimitar-Babbler makes an oval domed nest of grass and bamboo 

 leaves. A nest taken by myself at about 5,000 feet contained 

 four eggs measuring about 27*8 x 19-3 mm. It was taken on the 

 19th of June. 



Habits. This bird seems to be found between 5,000 and 6,000- 

 feet and upwards in the more humid forests with ample under- 



