116 CRATEEOPODI D&. 



b". Throat white and breast ferruginous. 



d'". Crown of head black P. ferruginosus, p. 120. 



e". Crown of head of same colour as 



e^. Breast pale ferruginous P. albigularis, p. 121. 



f. Breast bright ferruginous P. phayrii, p. 121. 



c". Throat white and breast striped with 



olive-brown P. ruficollis, p. 122. 



b'. Bill long, slender, much compressed, about 



half as long again as head. 

 d". Throat and breast white. 

 f". Upper plumage bright ochraceous . . P. ochraceiceps, p. 123. 



g'". Upper plumage olive-brown P. austeni, p. 123. 



e". Throat white, breast pale ochraceous. . P. stenorhynchus,^. 124. 

 b. With no white supercilium. 



c'. Bill short, not longer than head. 



/". Sides of neck and body chestnut P. erythrogenys, p. 124. 



ft". Sides of neck and body olive-brown . . P. macclellandi, p. 125. 

 d'. Bill long and coarse, longer than head ; 



sides of breast deep slaty grey. 



h". Sides of head not streaked with white. P. hypoleucus, p. 126. 

 t". Sides of head streaked with white P. tickelli, p. 127. 



The first ten species are characterized by a shorter bill (fig. 31 ). 



Fig. 31. Head of P. schisticeps. 



116. Pomatorhinus schisticeps. The Slaty-headed 

 Scimitar Babbler. 



Pomatorhinus schisticeps, Hodgs. As. Res. xix, p. 181 (1836) ; Blyth, 

 Cat. p. 146; Horsf. $ M. Cat.'i, p. 234; Jerd. B. I. \\, p. 29 ; 

 Hume, N. $ E. p. 250; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1878, p. 132, 

 pi. iii ; Hume, Cat. no. 402 ; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 288 ; Hume, 

 S. F. ix, p. 251 ; Gates, B. B. i. p. 72 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, 

 p. 411 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 148 ; Gates in Hume's N. 8f E. 2nd ed. 

 i, p. 81. 

 Pomatorhinus leucogaster, Gould, P. Z. S, 1837, p. 137 ; Blyth, Cat. 



p. 146 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 30 ; Hume, Cat. no. 403. 

 Pomatorhinus pinwilli, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 413 (1883). 

 The Slaty-headed Scimitar Babbler, Gould's Scimitar Babbler, Jerd. ; 

 Pabdoa, Beng. ; Phoyeum-pho or Pharreeum-pho, Lepch. ; Bhiakuroh of 

 the Parbuttiahs. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, and nape dark slate-colour, the 

 shafts darker; upper plumage and wing-coverts rut'escent olive- 

 brown ; a very distinct supercilium, reaching from the nostrils to 

 the nape, white ; lores and ear-coverts black ; chin, throat, cheeks, 

 breast, and abdomen white ; a large patch on the side of the neck 



