124 CRATEBOPODID^E. 



128. Pomatorhinus stenorhynchus. The Narrow-billed 

 Scimitar Babbler. 



Pomatorhinus stenorhynchus, Godwin- Austen, J. A. S. B. xlvi, pt. ii, 

 p. 43 (1877) ; Hume, 8. F. v, p. 342 j Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 

 1878, p. 135, pi. v, fig. 2 ; Hume, Cat. no. 401 quint. : Godw.- 

 Aust. J.A.S. B. xlvii, pt. ii, p. 17 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, 

 p. 424. 



Coloration. Resembles P. ocliraceiceps. Differs in being of a 

 paler ochraceous above and in having the lower parts, except the 

 chin and throat, suffused with ochraceous or rufous buff. 



Bill bright orange-red; legs and feet horny grey (Godwin- 



Length about 8; tail 4-1; wing 3'5; tarsus 1-2; bill at gape 

 1-3 to 1-5 ; the female appears to be rather smaller than the male. 



Distribution. The type of this species was procured at Manbum 

 Tila on the Tenga Pani river near Sadiya, in Assam, at 8000 feet. 

 Hume obtained it from Tippook, and I have seen a specimen 

 which is labelled " Naga Hills." 



The next four species have coarser bills, and two of them are 

 sometimes placed in the genus Orthorhinus of Blyth. 



129. Pomatorhinus erythrogenys. The Rusty-cheeked 

 Scimitar Babbler. 



Pomatorhinus erythrogenys, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 173 ; Gould, 

 Cent. pi. 65 ; Blyth, Cat. p. 140 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. ii, p. 235 ; 

 Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 31 ; Stol. J. A. 8. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 37 ; Godw.- 

 Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 269 ; Hume, N. $ E. p. 251 ; 

 Brooks, S. F. iii, p. 237 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1878, p. 142 ; 

 Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 634 ; Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi, 

 p. 285 ; Hume, Cat. no. 405 ; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 288 ; Oates, 

 B. B. i, p. 75 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 430 j Oates in Hume's N. 

 Sf E. 2nd ed. i, p. 87. 



Pomatorhinus femigilatus, Hodgs. As. Res. xix, p. 180 (1836). 

 Ban-bukra, at Mussoorie ; Yongohut-pho, Lepch. 



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

 wing olive-brown ; lores white streaked with grey ; some white 

 feathers on the eyelids ; a moustachial stripe, red near the bill and 

 then black ; forehead, ear-coverts, sides of the neck, thighs, and 

 under tail-coverts chestnut ; sides of breast and body chestnut 

 washed with olivaceous ; chin, throat, centre of breast, and abdo- 

 men white, the chin and throat striped with very pale grey. 



Nestlings are rufous all over except on the throat. 



Legs and feet brownish fleshy; bill light horny; iris light 

 greenish white, yellowish white, very pale yellow (Hume)', iris 

 pearly white (Davison). 



Length about 11; tail 4; wing 4; tarsus 1*5; bill from gape 

 1-5. 



The above description applies to birds collected in the Himalayas 

 west of Nepal, whence the type of Vigors's P. erythrogenys came. 



