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Schceniparus rufigularis, Oates, F.B.I. , i.,p.l70 ; Baker, Ibis, 1906, p. 102. 



Description — Forehead, crown, and nape, chestnut ; lores, supercilium, and 

 immediately above the eye, white ; a conspicvious line above the white super- 

 cilium to the nape, black ; upper plumage, exposed parts of the wings and 

 tail, olive-brown ; outer edge of the primaries fulvous ; a ring of white fea- 

 thers round the eye ; ear-coverts blackish ; chin and throat white ; a cons- 

 picuous chestnut band across the bottom of the throat ; breast whitish tinged 

 with grey ; flanks olivaceous, under tail-coverts and thighs rufous. 



"Legs and feet pale yellowish horny-brown ; bill black," (Oates.) Wing, 

 53 to 56 mm. 



Distribution. — Bhutan Duars, Daphla Hills, Naga Hills, and Manipur. 



Nesting and Habits. — Mr. Stuart Baker says that this Tit-Babbler is fairly 

 common along the foot hills in Assam up to about 3,000 ft. And that it 

 builds a dome-shaped nest, which is placed on or near the ground, and lays 

 3 to 4 eggs, which have a pale yellowish ground colour with a faint tinge of 

 green, the markings consist of clouds, blotches and spots of pale brown, above 

 these a few dark brown dots and scrawls of a darker brown, and vary bet- 

 Aveen -70" to -80" x -51" to -57". 



Key — 8. dubius and sub-species. 



S. d. dubius, mandelli, genesieiri and intermedius, differ by having a black 

 and white double eye brow, which is black and grey in the brunneus group. 

 Note. — S. (jenestieri has no traces of stripes on the neck. 



S. dubius very faint indications, which have to be looked for. 

 8. intermedius has very irregular stripes on the side of neck. 

 8. mandelli stripes very noticeable, also a very broad supercilium 

 which converge on the back, the feathers of the back often 

 being edged with back. 

 Birds from Bhamo are intermediate between 8. mandelli and 

 intermediics, but nearer the latter. 



SCHCENIPAKUS DUBIUS DUBIUS, HUMB. 



The Tenasserim Tit-Babbler. 



Proparus dubius, Hume, Proc. A.S.B., 1874., p. 109. 



Minla dubius, Sharpe, Cat., B.M., vii., p. 611. 



Schceniparus dubius, Oates, F.B.I., i., p. 168. 



Description. — Lores dusky ; forehead, crown, and nape, golden-brown, the 

 forehead paler ; all the feathers of the head having indistinct dark edges ; a 

 supercilium, from just above the eye to the nape, white ; above this a border- 



