154 TlMEUin/E. 



4. p. 232 ; Hume and Dav., Str. F. 1878, p. 265 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 9$. 

 Stachyris prsecognitus, Swinh., Ibis, 1866, p. 310. The RUFOUS-HEADED 

 TREE-BABBLER. 



Above including the wing coverts olive brown to brown, the greater series, 

 quills and tail feathers brown, washed on their outer webs with olive ; crown of 

 the head bright rufous ; the nape also tinged with a rufescent shade ; lores 

 and an indistinct eyebrow, sides of the face and under surface of the body 

 light yellow ; ear coverts, sides of the body, thighs and under tail coverts olive 

 brown ; frontal plumes, throat and foreneck with faint dark shaft streaks ; under 

 wing coverts and axillaries white, slightly tinged with yellow. Bill plumbeous 

 brewn, reddish beneath ; legs pale yellow brown ; iris light brown. 



Length. 4-9 to 5- inches; wing 2*1 ; tail 2-1 ; tarsus 0-85 ; culmen 0-65, 

 flab. The Eastern Himalayas and the Khasia Hills, Sikkim, Nepaul and 

 Formosa are recorded localities of its occurrence. According to Hodgson 

 it breeds from April to June, building a large massive cup-shaped nest amongst 

 bamboos, as a rule, at heights of from 7 to 10 feet from the ground. Eggs 

 4 in number, brownish white, speckled and spotted with brown or reddish 

 brown. Size 07 x 0-52. 



629. StachyridOpSiS rufifrons (Hume), Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 

 vii. p. 599. Stachyris rufifrons, Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 479 ; id. and Gates, 

 Str. F. 1875, p. 117 ; id., Str.F. \^6, pp. 274, 501 ; id. and Dav., Str.F. 

 1878, vol. i. p. 265 ; id., Str. F. 1879, p. 95 ; Gates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 54. 

 Stachyris ruficeps (non Blyth), Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 476 ; Wald in Blyth's 

 B. Br. Burm. p. 1 16. HUME'S TREE-BABBLER. 



Forehead and anterior half of crown chestnut or pale rufous brown ; the 

 feathers with very faint indications of dark shaft streaks ; lores and a streak 

 over the eye pale fulvous brown ; rest of upper plumage, including the wings 

 and tail, olive brown, in some tinged with rufescent ; inner webs of quills hair 

 brown ; chin and throat whitish with black shafts ; cheeks, ear coverts, sides 

 of the face and neck and whole under surface of the body fulvous brown ; 

 under wing coverts and axillaries pale greyish white. Bill blue ; iris deep red ; 

 eyelids plumbeous ; legs fleshy brown. 



Length. 4*5 inches; wing 1*2 to 2' I; tail 1*95 ; tarsus 0*67 to 0*7 ; bill 

 from gape 0*55. The female is smaller, with a paler rufous head. 



Hab. The Pegu Hills. Distributed throughout Tenasserim. It has also 

 been recorded from the Thounghyeen Valley and in Karennee. Cachar and 

 the Bhootan Dooars are also recorded localities. 



630. StachyridOpSiS pyrrhops (Eodgs.), Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. vii. p. 600. Stachyris pyrrhops, Hodgs, Icon. ined. Br. Mus. Passeres, 

 pi. 78, fig. 4; id., J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 379 (1844); Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 21 ; 

 Reid. Cat. B, Prov. Mus., Lueknow, p. 74; Hume, Sir. F. 1879, p. 95. 



