THE BIRDS OF NORTH CACHAR, 178 
(41) PomMAToRHINUS scHISTICEPSs.—The Slaty-headed Scimitar Babbler. 
Oates, No. 116 ; Hume, No. 402. 
The common type below 3,000 feet. Often lays only three egos, 
and sometimes only two. 
(42) P. ottvaceus.—The Tenasserim Scimitar Babbler, 
Oates No. 118; Hume, No. 403, Bis. 
In 1888 I had a female of this species brought to me which had 
been trapped in the nest. 
(43) P. reERRUGINOSUS.—The Coral-billed Scimitar Babbler. 
Oates, No. 122; Hume, No. 401. 
The nests I have taken of this bird have been of the usual rough and 
loose manufacture typical of the species and were not at all well made 
like the one mentioned by Gammie (Hume’s “ Nests and Eggs,” vol. I, 
p- 86), Most of those I have found were placed at the foot of bamboo 
clumps and more or less buried amongst the dead leaves and rubbish 
collected round them. As with the other Pomatorhini, this species 
frequently lays only two eggs. 
(44) P. pHAyRu.—Phayre’s Scimitar Babbler. 
Oates, No. 124; Hume, No, 401, Bis. 
This species is very common about 3,000 feet, but below that height 
I have very seldom met with it. I have taken numerous nests, 
and the distinctive feature of its nesting is that it more often than 
not places its nest in a thick bush at a considerable height from the 
ground. Its nest does not differ from that of P. schisticeps, being 
the same bulky, globular affair made of bamboo leaves, etc., though 
from its situation it is of necessity somewhat more firmly put together. 
The average of a dozen eggs is 1°16"%°71". I once took a nest of 
this bird from the top of a big bush about seven feet high, and, amongst 
the roots, I also found a nest of P. ferruginosus, both nests containing 
three eggs. Inthe same valley, that day, I also took nests of P., 
erythrogenys and P. schisticeps and two others of P. phayrii. Scimitar 
babblers of all the species mentioned were very plentiful at this place 
(the Laisung valley), and P. macclelland: was also met with, 
(45) P. eRyTHROGENYS.—The Rusty-checked Scimitar Babbler. 
Oates, No. 129; Hume, No. 405. 
Not very rare, but very locally distributed, being fairly common in 
one valley and not to be seen in the very next, 
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