179 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. VITI. 
(46) P. maccLELLANDI.—Macclelland’s Scimitar Babbler. 
Oates, No. 180; Hume, No. 404, Quat. 
Godwin-Austen found this bird in the Barail Range, and I have met 
with it on all the ranges between this and Manipur and the Naga Hills. 
It is one of the commonest forms to the east, but I have never met with 
it on the grass-covered hills tothe north and north-west, where P. 
schisticeps, P. rujicollis, and P. ferruginosus are all very common. 
The eggs measure 1:09" °76". 
The nest is like that of P. erythrogenys, and is usually placed amongst 
bamboo roots or the roots of some thick shrub growing on a bank. 
(47) P. HypoLEUcUs.—The Arrakan Scimitar Babbler. 
Oates, No. 131; Hume, Nos. 405, Bis and Ter. 
This babbler does not appear to be rare at the foot of the Hills, but 
does not ascend to any height. 
(48) XIMPHORAMPHUS SUPERCILIARIS.—The Slender-billed Scimitar 
Babbler. 
Oates, No. 1388; Hume, No. 406. 
A very rate bird. I have met with it barely half a dozen times in 
as many years. It seems to keep almost entirely to bamboo jungle, and 
during the cold weather collects in small, but noisy, parties. These 
birds have a very follow-my-leader style of going along; if one bird 
mounts a bush and then hops down again and climbs another, all the 
party are sure, one by one, to do just the same. I think these are the 
noisiest of all the scimitar babblers, their cries being like the softer notes 
of the laughing thrushes, but rather deeper in tone. It is found well 
up to 5,000 feet, and the lowest I have observed it was at about 2,400 feet. 
It is an early breeder like others of the sub-family, and by the end of 
April I fancy they,have nearly finished laying. | 
Sub-family Tmeldine. 
(49) TiweLEa PrLEATA.—The Red-capped Babbler. 
Oates, No. 184; Hume, No. 396. 
By no means common anywhere and very local in its distribution. 
(50) GAMSORHYNCHUS RUFULUS.—The White-headed Shrike Babbler. 
-Oates, No. 187; Hume, No. 384. 
‘Oates says that probably the young do not assume the adult plumage 
until they are about a year old. Asa matter of fact I believe that they 
