336 JO URNAL, B 0MB A Y NA TUBAL HIST. SO CIETY, Vol. XXIH. 



Average wing measurement 10 Nepal birds 80' 1 m.m. 



10 Sikhim „ 81-4 „ „ 

 „ ., 10 Bhutan & 



Dafla „ 82-0 „ „ 

 and bills 20 m.m. 

 Distribution. — Nepal, Sikhim, Butan and Dafla Hills. 



In the British Museum there are two specimens collected by the late 

 A. Anderson from the N. W. Himalayas, these are decidedly smaller and 

 more rufous below than Nej)al birds, and have a wing measurement of 

 77-78 m.m. ; and bills of 17. m.m. (And may possibly be young birds.). 

 More specimens are required, as it is quite possible that there is a race 

 of small P. ruficollis in the Western Himalayas. 



PoMATORHIlSrUS KUFICOLLIS BAKEKI," Subs. nOV. 



Baker'' s rufous-necked Scimitar Babbler. 



Deseriptio7i. — Similar to P. r. ruficollis, Hodgson, from Nepal differs in 

 being much paler and more olive-brown ; and instead of being a distinct 

 olive-brown and white below, are fulvous and white ; and are not so richly 

 coloured; also have a more slender bill than the northern race. 



Types in British Museum No. 400 and No. 86, 10.1.3610 Shillong. Nov. 

 1877, J. Cockburn, Coll. 



Distribution. — Assam from the Khasia Hills to the Naga Hills and Manipur, 

 the Chin Hills on the West, and the Bhamo Hills on the N. E. of 

 Burma, also Western Yunnan. 



Note.- — There are three specimens in the Museum collected by Oapt, 

 Wingate from Southern Yunnan, these have no signs of streaks on the 

 breast, but are otherwise like P. r. bakeri, and may constitute another 

 sub-species. 



POMAIOKHINUS OCHKACEICBPS. 



The Slender-billed Scimitar Babblers. 



The following Scimitar-Babblers are remarkable for their very long 

 slender curved bills. Their range, as at present known, extends from 

 Assam to Manipur ; and the Southern Shan States to Karennee and 

 Tenasserim. 



POMATORHINUS OCHKAOEIOEPS O0HK.ACEICEPS, Waldcn. 



LloyWs Scimitar Babbler. 



Walden, A.M.N.H. (4), xii. p. 487, 1873; Sharpe, Cat. B.M.,vii., p. 417; 

 Gates, F.B.I., i., p. 123. 



* POMATORHINUS KTTFICOLLIS STRIDULTTS, Swinhoe. 



P. stridulus, Swinhoe, Ibis 1861, p. 265. 



Very similar to P. r. ruficollis, Hodg-son, but has a smaller and stouter bill ; more 

 highly coloured, being- above, a very rich rufous almost cinnamon-brown, below 

 a rich chestnut brown with white striations. 



Bill about 16 m.m. and wing 78 m.m. 



Distribution — Szechuen and Fokhien, China. 



PoMATORHiNUS RUFicoiiLis STYANi, Seebhom. 



Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 263. 



Differs from P. r. stridulus, Swinhoe, in being much paler above and below ; 

 filthough being much darker and richer than the longer-billed forms, P r. 

 ■ruficollis and P. r. baJceri. 



Distribution. — Yangtze Valley. China. 



