118 CKATEROPODIDJS. 



Distribution. I have examined specimens from Thayetmyo, the 

 Karen hills east of Toungngoo, Karennee, the pine-forests of the 

 Salween river, Pahpoon, and the Tonzalin river. 



118. Pomatorhiims olivaceus. The Tenasserim Scimitar Babbler. 



Pomatorhinus olivaceus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 451 (1847) ; Hume, 

 S. F. v, p. 137 ; Davison, 8. F. v, p. 458 ; Hume fy Dav. S. F. vi, 

 p. 283 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1878, p. 133 ; Hume, Cat. no. 403 

 bis; id. S. F. ix, p. 117 ; Bine/ham, S. F. ix, p. 180; Oates, B. B. 

 i, p. 70 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 414 ; Oates in Hume's N. fy E. 

 2nd ed. i, p. 82. 



Coloration. Eesembles P. schisiiceps. Diffeis in wanting the 

 chestnut band down the sides of the breast and abdomen, the 

 chestnut being confined to the neck-patch, and in having the bill 

 black only in the immediate vicinity of the nostrils. 



As in P. nuchalis the rufous collar on the hind neck is generally 

 distinctly indicated. 



Iris bright yellow ; bill deep yellow, dusky green at base above ; 

 legs and feet plumbeous ; claws horny (Hume fy Damson). 



Length about 9 ; tail 4'1 ; wing 3'6 ; tarsus 1-2 ; bill from gape 1*2. 



Distribution. Tenasserim, from Moulmein down to its extreme 

 southern point and thence extending into the Malay peninsula. 



Habits, fyc. Both Davison and Bingham found the nest of this 

 species in Tenasserim, the former in January, the latter in March. 

 The nest found by Davison was globular with the entrance at the 

 side, the one found by Bingham was cup-shaped ; both were on 

 the ground in thick jungle. The eggs in both cases were three 

 in number, and measured on the average 1 by '73. 



119. Pomatorhinus melanurus. The Ceylonese Scimitar Babbler. 



Pomatorhinus melanurus, BIytli, J. A. 8. B. xvi, p. 451 (1847) ; id. 

 Cat. p. 146 ; Hume, S. F. i, p. 437 ; Lecjge, 8. F. iv, p. 245 ; 

 IVhyte, S. F. v, p. 202 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1878, p. 132 ; 

 Hume, S. F. vii, p. 383 ; id. Cat. no. 404 bis ; Lecjge, Birds Ceyl. 

 p. 501 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 414 ; Oates in Hume's N. & E. 

 2nd ed. i, p. 83. 



Coloration. Forehead, lores, ear-coverts, and beneath the eve 

 black ; a white supercilium from the nostrils to the nape bordered 

 above by dark brown or black ; crown and nape rufescent brown ; 

 upper plumage, sides of neck and body, vent, and under tail-coverts 

 rufous-brown ; chin, throat, breast, and abdomen pure white ; tail 

 blackish, washed with ferruginous near the base. 



Iris brownish red, dull red, or reddish brown ; orbital skin and 

 eyelid dull blue ; bill gamboge-yellow, more or less blackish from 

 the forehead to a short distance in front of the nostril ; legs and 

 feet plumbeous or greenish plumbeous, feet generally more bluish 

 than tarsi; claws dusky, pale horn at base (Lecjge). 



Length about 8-5; tail 3'6 ; wing 3*5; tarsus 1-2; bill from 

 gape 1*2. 



