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The nidification of only one species appears to be known, this builds a 

 domed nest and lays spotless white eggs. In fact its nest and eggs are 

 similar to those of Stachyrhis, and I think, is one very good reason for 

 combining the two genera. 



Distribution. — T. oglii, Godwin-Austen, Assam ; T. guttata, Tickell, 

 Tenasserim ; T^ striolata, S. Mull., Sumatra ; T. thoracica, Temm., Java. 

 Thrikgokhina oglii, Godwin-Austen. 

 Austell's Spotted-Babbler. 



Actinura oglii, Godwin-Austen, J., A.S.B., xlvi., pt. ii., p. 42 ( 1877). 



Actinodura oglii, Sharpe, Cat., B.M., vii., p. 467. 



Thringorhina oglii, Gates, F.B.I., i., p. 156; Baker, Ibis, 1906, p. 100. 



Description — As in the F.B.I. 



Distribution. — Appears to be a very rare bird confined to the higher ranges 

 of the Naga Hills, Assam. The nidification has been described by Stuart 

 Baker, and shortly, it appears to build a large domed nest, and lays three 

 pure white eggs, measuring from -86 x '63 to '91 x '62 inches. 



Thringorhina guttata, Tickell. 

 TickeWs Spotted-Babbler. 

 Turdinus guttatus, Tickell, Blyth, J., A.S.B., xxviii., p. 414 (1859). 

 Stachyrhis guttata, Sharpe, Cat., B.M., vii., p. 535. , 



Thringorhina guttata, Gates, B.I., i., p. 155. 

 Description — As in F.B.I. 



Distribution. — From Muleyit Mt. to the extreme south of Tenasserim. 

 Another rare bird of which nothing appears to be recorded. 



Stachyrhis, Hodgson, 1844. 



Gates, F.B.I., i.. p. 161. 



Very similar to Thringorhina, but not quite such a massive bill. This genus 

 is represented within Indian limits by two species, and their sub-species, 

 S. nigriceps and 6". chryscea. The latter, I think, should be placed in a 

 genus by itself. 



Distribution. — S. n. nigriceps, Hodgson, Nepal, and Sikhim ; S. n. coltarti, 

 Harington, Assam, south of the Bramhaputra, the Naga and Chin Hills, the 

 Bhamo Hills, Burma ; S. n. davisoni, Sharpe, Malay Peninsula, and 

 probably from Tenasserim up to the Shan States ; S. n. lavata, Bonaparte, 

 Sumatra ; S. n. borneensis, Sharpe, Borneo ; S. n. natunensis, Hartert, 

 Natuna Island. 3v)i] 



Colouration. — The feathers of the lores and forehead black tipped with 

 white or hoary grey ; those of the crown and nape, black or grey, edged 

 with white, giving a striped appearance ; in full plumage a conspicuous 

 supercilium of black or dark sooty-brown feathers, edged with grey above 

 and below ; ear-coverts brownish ; cheeks white ; chin and throat, black, black 

 and xohite, or grey ; the whole upper plumage olive-brown : the exposed 

 portions of the wings and tail inclined to rufous ; lower plumage from 

 fulvous with a yellowish tinge, to rusty-orange. 



Stachyrhis nigriceps nigriceps, Hodgson. 

 The Nepal Black-throated Babller, 



Stachyrhis nigriceps, Hodgson, Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 83 (1844) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat., B. M., vii., p. 532 ; Gates, F. B. I., i., p. 162. 



Description. — Lores and forehead black and white ; chin and throat grey 

 formed by the feathers being a dark grey or black edged loith white, giving 

 a slightly mottled appearance ; ear-coverts golden-brown. Wing, 58 to 62 

 mm.; biU, 15 mm. Bill, lower mandible yellowish, upper horn-coloured. 



Distribution. — Nepal, Sikhim, Darjeeling. 



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