SPEL^OENIS. 455- 



noted, will be retained because it appears earlier on the same page 

 than that of sinlumensis. 



Nidification. The two specimens sent by Col. Harington to the- 

 British Museum were shot when building their nest in low scrub- 

 jungle at tbe edge of dense forest. 



Habits. In epistola Col. Harington says that they are the same- 

 determined little skulkers as the Sinlum Wren, with similar 

 haunts, habits and voice. 



(468) Spelaeornis longicaudatus reptatus. 

 BINGHAM'S LONG-TAILED WBEN. 



Urocichla reptata BiDghain, Bull. B. 0. C., xiii, p. 64 (1903) (Loi- 



pang-Nan, Mekong Valley). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Similar to sinlumensis but with wings more cinna- 

 mon-chestnut, below all grey with no white on throat and breast 

 and with the dark bars and paler spots obsolete; the sides of 

 breast and flanks are more rufous. 



Colours of soft parts. " Iris crimson ; bill dark brown ; legs, 

 a iicl feet brown " (Forrest). 



Measurements. Wing 47 mm. ; tail damaged ; tarsus 20 mm. ; 

 culmen 13 mm. 



Distribution. East of Kengtung on the Mekong Valley at about 

 7,000 feet and on the Shweli-Salwin Divide in Yunnan. 



Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded and only one speci- 

 men obtained by Harington and a second by Forrest in Yunnan 

 at about 8,000 feet in December 1919 in a thicket. Nests and 

 eggs sent me by a collector from Thouugyi, Southern Shan States, 

 are probably of this race but the birds' skins sent are too frag- 

 mentary to distinguish with any certainty. The nests are exactly 

 like those of the Assam Long-tailed Wren, as are the eggs which 

 measure 18-5 x 14-9 mm. 



The two clutches, each of three slightly incubated eggs, were 

 taken on the 16th and 28th April respectively. 



(469) Spelaeornis longicaudatus oatesi. 

 BIPPON'S LONG-TAILED WEEN. 



Urocichla oatesi Rippon, Bull. B. 0. C., xiv, p. 83 (1904) (Mt. Vic- 

 toria). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Upper plumage and wings fulvous-brown, with 

 faint dark margins to the feathers and slightly more rufous on the 

 rump and tail; lores, sides of forehead and cheeks grey; ear- 

 coverts greyish-fulvous to golden-brown ; below white with 



