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Wing : average of 4 specimens, 55 mm., max., 57 mm. min., 55 mm., Culmen, 

 12 mm. Tarsus, 24 mm. 



Distribution. — Shan States, Burma, over 5,000 ft., and Bhamo Hills. 



Habits and Nesting. — I only procured one nest containing three eggs of 

 this species, these are very similar to those of P. ignotum. 



ScoTOCiCHLA, Sharpe, 1883. 



Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 522 ; Buttikofer, Notes Leyden Museum, 

 xvii., p. 94. 



" Bill slender, narrow, nasal aperture linear, rictal bristles extremely 

 short ; tail graduated, nearly as long as the wing ; tarsi and toes very long 

 and stout, the first less than half the tail in length ; crown darker than the 

 back. It differs from DrgmocatapJius, which it otherwise much resembles, by 

 the tail being more than twice the length of the tarsus ; and from Pellor- 

 neum, under which it is ranged by Gates, by the dark cap and the absolute 

 want of dark shaft-stripes on the lower surface." (Buttikofer.) 



This genus so far only contains one species, which has the following 

 characteristics : a short rounded wing, which fits close to the body, the first 

 four primaries graduated ; tail shorter than the wing ; bill long and 

 straight, but not as long as the hind toe and claw ; rictal bristles very short; 

 no hairs overhanging the nostrils ; and under plumage not streaked. I 

 think that the following species shovild be included in this group, as they all 

 the above characteristics, and seem to be much nearer it, both in appearance 

 and in description of plumage, than to DrymoeatapJius, D. capistratus, 

 from Java, D. captistratoides from Borneo, and D. nigricapatatus from S. 

 Tenasserim. 



SCOTOCICHLA FUSCIGAPILLA, Blyth. 



2'he Broion-capped Babbler. 



Drymocataphus fuscicapillus, Blyth, J. A. S. B., xviii., p. 815 (1849). 



Scotocichlct fuscicapilla, Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 523. 



Pellorneum fusciciapillum, Gates, F. B. I., i., p. 143. 



Description. — As in Gates, F. B. I. There are undoubtedly two races, one 

 from the drier localities which is paler and the other darker form from 

 damper localities. 



Habitat — Ceylon. I can find nothing definite recorded as to its 

 nidification. 



Dkymocaxaphus, Blyth, 1849. 



Buttikofer, Notes, Leyden Museum, xvii., p. 74 (1895). 



"This genus is easily distinguished by the following combination of 

 characters : Bill slender, nasal aperture linear, rictal bristles wanting or 

 feebly developed, never surpassing the nostrils, tarsus half the length of 

 the tail, long, toes large and strong, above the eye a pale superciliary 

 stripe." 



They have the following characteristics : a short rounded wing, fitting 

 close to the body, the first four primaries graduated ; wing longer than the 

 tail ; bill straight, shorter than the hind toe ; claw of hind toe long ; 

 rictal bristles well developed; nostrils overhung with hairs; under 

 plumage not streaked. 



Note, 



Drymocataphtjs K.UBIGNOSUS, Walden. 



Trichostoma rubigniosa, Wald., A. M. N. H. (4) xv., p. 402 (1875). 

 DrymocatapJius rubignosu^, Gates, F, B. I., i., p. 145. 



