POMATOKHINUS. 121 



centre of upper abdomen bright ferruginous ; remainder of lower 

 parts olive-brown. 



Bill coral-red ; legs greenish brown ; iris red-brown (Jerdon) ; 

 iris pale greenish yellow (Godw.- Austen). 



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

 gape 1-3. 



Distribution. The Himalayas, from Nepal to Assam, where it 

 was procured by God win- Austen in the Daphla and in the 

 Eastern Naga hills. 



Habits, fyc. Breeds in Sikhim in May, constructing an egg- or 

 cone-shaped nest of grass, leaves, and fibres on the ground or low 

 down in a bamboo-clump. In a nest found by Gammie there were 

 four eggs, which measured ! 08 by '8. 



123. Pomatorhinus albigularis. Blyih's Scimitar Babbler. 



Pomatorhinus albogularis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiv, p. 274 (1855) ; 



id. Birds Burm. p. 113; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1878, p. 135, 



pi. v, fig. 1 ; Hume fy Dav. S. F. vi, pp. 281, 514 ; Hume, Cat. no. 



401 quat. ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 74 ; Sharps, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 423. 

 Pomatorhinus marine, Wald. A. M. N. H. (4), xv, p. 403(1875); Wold. 



in Blyth' s Birds Burm. p. 113 j Hume, S. F. iii, p. 404 j v, p. 136. 



Coloration. Upper plumage, the tail, and the exposed parts of 

 the closed wings uniformly olive-brown tinged with rufous, the 

 head slightly darker as a rule ; a distinct supercilium from the 

 nostrils to the nape, rufous near the bill and white elsewhere, 

 bordered above by a distinct black band extending to the forehead ; 

 lores, under the eye, the ear-coverts, and a continuation of them 

 down the sides of the neck black ; chin and throat white ; cheeks 

 and lower plumage pale ferruginous, the sides of the body, vent, 

 and under tail-coverts olive-brown. 



Legs and feet pale greenish brown, sometimes a dingy brownish 

 green ; bill vermilion-red ; iris creamy white (Hume fy Davison). 



Length about 10; tail 4*2; wing 3-8; tarsus 1-4; bill from 

 gape 1*1. 



Distribution. The Toungngoo and Karen hills ; the neighbour- 

 hood of Muleyit and Nwalabo mountains in Tenasserim, extending 

 down to Tavoy. This bird is found at all elevations up to 6000 

 feet. 



124. Pomatorhinus phayrii. PJiayres Scimitar Babbler. 



Pomatorhinus phayrii, Blyth, J. A. S.B. xvi, p. 452 (1847) ; id. Cat. 

 p. 146 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 103 ; Jerd. Ibis, 

 1872, p. 301 ; Blyth, Birds Burm. p. 113 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 

 1878, p. 135, pi. iv, fig. 2; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 279 ; Hume, 

 Cat. no. 401 bis; Oates, B. B. i, p. 73; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, 

 p. 422 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 147. 



Coloration. Resembles P. albigularis. Differs in having the 

 upper plumage of a greenish tint with no trace of rufous, ir the 



