170 CKATEKOPODID^E. 



exposed parts of the wings and tail ; lower plumage pale fulvous, 

 suffused with olivaceous on the sides of the breast and abdomen 

 and on the under tail-coverts. 



Legs and feet pale yellowish fleshy-brown; bill black; iris 

 reddish maroon {Hume} ; iris red (CocJcburn); iris dark red-brown 

 (Godw.-Aust.'). 



Length about 5-5 ; tail 2-3 ; wing 2-3 ; tarsus -85 ; bill from 

 gape -6. 



Fig. 49. Head of 8. mandellii. 



This species differs from S. dubius in having the hind neck and 

 the sides of the neck streaked, the crown darker rufous, with more 

 prominent dark edges to the feathers, the ear-coverts much darker 

 brown, and the chin and throat fulvous. A specimen from the 

 pine-forests of the Salween is somewhat intermediate. 



Distribution. The Daphla, JN"aga, and Khasi hills ; Manipur. 



Habits, c. Hume observes that this bird keeps in small parties 

 of three to six in number, and haunts the brushwood, balsams, and 

 other plants growing in the deep shade of forests. It is active, 

 nimble, and restless. 



180. Schceniparus rufigularis. The Red-throated Tit-Babbler. 



Minla rufigularis, Mandetti, S. F. i, p. 416 (1873) ; Godw.-Aust. 



A. M. N. H. (4) xvii, p. 33 ; id. J. A. S. B. xlv, pt. ii, p. 199, 



xlvii, pt. ii, p. 25 ; Hume, Cat. p. 618 bis ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, 



p. 610 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 249. 

 Alcippe collaris, Wold. A. M. N. H. (4) xiv, p. 156 (1874) ; Hume, 



S. F. iii, p. 281 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xlv, pt. ii, p. 82. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, and nape chestnut, bounded on 

 each side by a black band, the two bands blending on the nape ; 

 lores and a supercilium, below and next to the black band, white ; 

 the upper part of the ear-coverts and a patch below the eye 

 blackish ; the lower part of the ear-coverts rufous, connected 

 together by a broad chestnut band across the throat ; upper 

 plumage, wings, and tail olive-green, the outer webs of the wings 

 and tail suffused with fulvous ; chin, throat, and centre of breast 

 and abdomen white ; remainder of the lower plumage olivaceous, 

 tinged with rufous on the under tail- coverts. 



Legs and feet pale yellowish horny -brown ; bill black ; inside 

 of mouth yellow (Hume). 



Length about 5'5 ; tail 2 ; wing 2-1 ; tarsus '85 ; bill from 

 gape '6. 



