126 CEATEROPODID^E. 



and sides of the neck olive-brown; point of the forehead rufous ; 

 lores whitish in front, blackish behind ; cheek-stripe black ; ear- 

 coverts chestnut ; chin, throat, breast, and abdomen white, the 

 upper breast with a cross band of triangular black spots ; sides of 

 body olive-brown ; thighs and under tail-coverts deep chestnut. 



Legs and feet pale brown ; upper mandible dark brown, lower 

 pale horny drab ; orbital skin and bare space behind eye leaden 

 dusky ; iris reddish or salmon-white, yellowish white, or very pale 

 yellow (Hume)] iris lemon-yellow (Cockburri). 



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

 1-3. 



Distribution. The National Collection contains a large series 

 collected by Hume in Manipur and another by Cockburn at Shil- 

 long. The only other example is a bird which Sharpe assures 

 us is Jerdon's type from Dibrugarh in Assam. This species has 

 been obtained by Godwin- Austen in the Barail range and in the 

 Naga hills. 



131. PomatorMnus hypolencus. The Arrakan 

 Scimitar Babbler. 



Orthorhinus hypoleucus, Blyth, J. A. S.B. xiii, p. 371 (1844) ; Hume, 



Cat no. 405 bis. 

 Ppmatorhinus hypoleucus (Blyth), Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv, p. 597 ; id. 



Cat p. 146; 2Iorsf._$ M. Cut i,' p. 236; Blyth,_ Birds Burm. 

 ). 113; 



****, p. 147; Wardlaw Hamsay, Ibi, 



'' _ /mo . /~i_j_- Tt T> i _ n 



p. 113 ; Hume, S. F. iii, p. 411 ; Godw.-Aust J. A. S. B. xlv, 

 pt. ii, p. 75 ; id. Proc. A. S. B. 1877, p. 147; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 

 1878, p. 140; Sharpe, Cat B. M. vii, p. 428 ; Gates, B. B. i, p. 75. 



Poinatorhinus albicollis, Horsf., Gray fy Mitch. Gen. Birds, i. p. 229, 

 pi. 57 (1846). 



Poinatorhinus inglisi, Hume, S. F. v, p. 31 (1877) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 M. vii, p. 429. 



Orthorhinus inglisi (Hume), Hume, Cat. no. 405 ter ; id. S. F. ix, 

 p. 253; xi,p. 152. 



Fig. 33. Head of P. hypoleueus. 



Coloration. Upper plumage olive-brown, deeply tinged with 

 rufous on the tail and exposed parts of closed wings ; ear-coverts 

 and cheeks greyish brown ; lores grey ; a line commencing above 

 the eye, passing over the ear-coverts and terminating in a broad 

 patch behind them bright rusty ; chin, throat, breast, and abdomen 

 white ; sides of breast deep slaty grey streaked with white ; the 



