308 TIMALIID-ffi. 



rufous shaft-streaks ; sides of neck, mantle, back and lesser wing- 

 coverts rufescent brown, with indistinct pale shaft-lines; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts more rufous and unstreaked ; primary- 

 coverts biack ; greater coverts rufous tipped with hoary ; quills 

 chestnut, barred with black on the outer webs ; innermost 

 rufescent and barred on both webs; the outer webs of the first 

 few primaries more or less ashy : basal portion of tail castaneous, 

 barred with black, the chestnut decreasing in extent on the outer 

 feathers, the other portions black, tipped with white ; ear-coverts 

 and lores pale grey; cheeks black, the black continuing back 

 below the ear-coverts ; chin, throat and breast fulvous-ashy, 

 turning to ferruginous on the flanks, lower abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts. 



Colours of soft parts. Iris brown, eyelid bluish grey ; bill 

 brownish black; feet brownish-fleshy, claws livid (Scully}. 



Measurements. Length about 200mm.; wing 84 to 91 mm.; 

 tail about 80 to 85mm. ; tarsus about 30mm. ; culmen 17 to 18mm. 

 As usual with the Timallidce, the female is decidedly smaller than 

 the male. 



Distribution. Nepal, Sikkitn and Bhutan. 



Nidification. Hodgson notes that this Bar- wing breeds between 

 4,000 and 6.000 feet in Sikkim and Nepal but the nest and eggs 

 he describes in no way resemble any other birds of this group, and 

 judging from the very close connection of this genus with the 

 genus Actinodura there is possibly some mistake. Other observers 

 say that in the breeding season the}' haunt mountains nearer the 

 8,000-foot levels. 



Habits. Jerdon says that it is more arboreal than birds of the 

 last genus and that it feeds chiefly on insects which it obtains from 

 the higher parts of moderate-sized trees, especially those with 

 insect-infested flowers such as rhododendrons. He gives its 

 habitat as from about 7,000 to 10,000 feet upwards. 



(327) Ixops nipalensis waldeni, 

 WARDEN'S BAK-WTNG. 



Actinodura waldeni Godw.-Aust., P. Z. S., 1874, p. 46 (Japvo Peak, 



Naga Hills). 

 Ixops waldeni. Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 204. 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Feathers of head darker than in the last bird and 

 unstreaked but with pale edges; the upper plumage is rufous, 

 also unstreaked ; the whole lower plumage is rufous, the feathers 

 of the chin, throat and breast with pale edges, giving a streaked 

 appearance ; ear-coverts silvery-grey with fine dark centres. 



Colours of soft parts. Iris pale grey ; bill grey ; legs and feet 

 fleshy-brown (Godiv,-Aust.}. 



Measurements as in the preceding race. 



Distribution. Naga Hills and Manipur. 



