STACHTEHIS. 163 



Length about 5*5 ; tail 2 ; wing 2-2 ; tarsus '85 ; bill from gape 

 75. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Nepal to the extreme east of 

 Assam and thence south through all the States and hill-tracts of 

 Eastern ^Bengal to Arrakan, Pegu, and Tenasserim. This species 

 appears to be found up to 10,000 feet of elevation in summer. 



Habits, fyc. Breeds from March to June, constructing a domed 

 nest of grass and leaves on the ground generally on banks. The 

 eggs measure '76 by -58. 



170. Stachyrhis chrysaea. The Golden-headed Babbler. 



Stachyris chrysaea, Hodgs., Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 379 (1844) ; 



Hodgs. in Gray's ZooL Misc. p. 83 (1844) ; id. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 23 ; 



Blyth, Cat. p. 150; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 232 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 22 ; 



Hume, N. Sf E. p. 245 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 636 ; 



Hume, Cat. no. 394 ; id. S. F. xi, p. 142 j Oates in Hume's N. $ E. 



2nd ed. i, p. 112. 

 Stachyridopsis chrysaea (Hodgs.}, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 601 ; 



Oates, B. B. i, p. 52. 



The Golden-headed Wren-Babbler, Jerd. ; Syak-birang-pho, Lepch. 



. Coloration. Forehead just above the lores pure yellow ; lores, 

 in front of the eye, and a short moustachial streak black ; ear-coverts 

 oil-yellow ; forehead, crown, and nape bright golden-yellow, 

 streaked with black ; upper plumage and exposed parts of wings 

 bright olive-yellow ; tail brown, washed with yellow on the outer 

 webs ; sides of neck like the back ; entire lower plumage bright 

 yellow. 



Bill plumbeous ; legs pale brownish yellow ; iris light brown 

 (Jerdoii). 



Length about 4'5 ; tail 2 ; wing 2 ; tarsus -75 ; bill from gape 

 55. 



Distribution. Nepal, Sikhim, Bhutan, and Assam ; Khasi hills ; 

 Manipur ; the neighbourhood of Bhamo ; probably Arrakan ; up 

 to 5000 feet elevation. A specimen from Perak in the British 

 Museum is referable to this species. 



Habits, $c. Gammie found a nest in Sikhim in May an oval 

 structure made of bamboo-leaves and fixed verticaUy between 

 some upright branchlets within two feet of the ground. The eggs 

 measure '63 by '48. 



171. Stachyrhis assimilis. The Allied Babbler. 



Strachyrhis assimilis, Wald. in Blyttis Birds Burm. p. 116 (1875) ; 



Hume, S. F. v, p. 56; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi,pp. 265, 514 ; Hume, 



Cat. no. 394 bis. 

 Stachyris bocagei, Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (1) xiv. p. 223 



(1879). 

 Stachyridopsis assimilis ( Wald.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 602 ; 



Oates, B. B. i, p. 53 ; Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v, 



p. 605. 



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