MIXORNIS. 149 



Top of the head ferruginous or light chestnut red ; a yellow line from the 

 nostrils produced back over the eyes; nape, back, rump, scapulars, wing 

 coverts and tail coverts dull olive green ; lores dusky ; sides of the neck olive 

 green ; ear coverts pale yellow ; quills brown, the outer webs rufescent 

 brown ; chin, throat, cheeks and upper breast yellow with black shaft stripes ; 

 rest of under surface of the body paler yellow tinged with ashy on the flanks 

 and vent ; tail dull reddish brown, the shafts of the feathers darker red ; 

 under wing coverts yellowish white, inclining to bright yellow near the edge of 

 the wing. Bill horny brown ; iris dull white (? hazel) ; eyelids plumbeous ; 

 legs fleshy horn. 



Length. 4*3 to 5 inches; wing 2* 1 5 to 2-3; tail rpS to 2 f i ; tarsus 07 ; 

 culmen 0*55. 



Hal. The Himalayas, extending into the Burmese countries. It is recorded 

 from Nepaul, Bhootan, Cachar, Pegu and Cochin China. It also occurs in 

 Assam, and the hill tracts generally of Eastern Bengal and in Sikkim. 

 Colonel Tickell procured it in Central India. Gates says it is found 

 commonly over the whole of Pegu, except perhaps in the drier portions. It 

 affects bush jungle, and is generally like the last species found in pairs or 

 small parties. It has a metallic note, which it utters for hours at a time 

 sitting on a bough concealed by leaves. It breeds during May, making its 

 nest in some low shrub and near to the ground. The nest is made of bamboo 

 leaves and lined with grass, or built entirely of grass. In form it is globular, 

 and has an opening at the side. The eggs, three in number, are regular 

 ovals, moderately elongated, only very slightly compressed at one end. The 

 ground colour is white with a slight pinkish tinge marked with tiny specks of 

 brown and purplish, more thickly at the larger end. Size 0*6510071 in 

 length and o'5 to 0*51 in breadth. 



623. Mixornis erythroptera (Biytk), Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 



vii. p. 580; Oates, B. Br. Burm.i. p. 51. Timalia erythroptera, Blyth t 

 y. A. S. B. xi. p. 794. Cyanoderma erythropterum, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, 

 p. 105 ; Tweed, Ibis, 1877, p. 308 ; Hume, Sir. F. 1879, pp. 60,95. Cyanop- 

 tera erythroptera, Hume and Dav. 9 Sir. F. 1878, p. 269. The RED-WINGED 

 TREE-BABBLER. 



Forehead, supercilium, ear coverts, sides of the head and neck, the chin, 

 throat and breast and upper abdomen slaty grey or plumbeous ; flanks, vent, 

 thighs and under tail coverts fulvous brown ; under wing coverts and axillaries 

 pale fulvous ; tail brown, with rufous margins. Bill dark plumbeous blue ; legs, 

 feet and claws pale, almost white tinged with greenish ; iris madder-red to deep 

 brown. (W. Dav.) 



Length. 5-2 to -5*5 inches; wing 2'2 to 2^3; tail 1*9 to 2; tarsus O'8 

 culmen 0-65. 



