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* Stachybhidopsis rxjficeps rtificeps, Blyth. 

 The Nepal Bed-headed BabbleVt 



Stachyrhidopsis ruficeps, Blyth, J. A, S. B., 1847, p. 452 ; Sharpe, Cat., B. 

 M., vii., p. 598 ; Gates, F. B. L, i., p. 164. 



"Allied in form and size to S. pyrrhops, Hodgson, J. A. S. B., xiii., p. 379, 

 but having the crown light ferruginous, and the chin and middle of the throat 

 white, with slight black central streaks to the feathers ; rest of the upper 

 parts plain olive, and of the loioer whitish, with a fulvous tinge on the sides of 

 the neck and breast. 



Length of wing two inches and an eighth, and of tail an inch." 



" From Darjeeling." (Blyth). 



" Description. — Crown of the head light ferruginous, the rest of the upper 

 plumage plain olive ; chin and middle of the throat tohite, with faint black 

 streaks ; the rest of the loiver parts whitish, loith a fulvous tinge on the sides of 

 the neck and breast, or, throughout of dull oil-yellow or pale ferruginous, 

 darkest on the breast, and fading, and becoming dusky towards vent." 



" Nepal, Sikhim and Khasia Hills." Jerdon, Birds of India, ii., p. 22 

 (1863). 



The above two descriptions are very misleading, so I give the following, 

 taken from the large series in the British Museum : 



Lores, bright yellow, crown and nape bright rufous chestnut, the feathers 

 slightly lengthened, and so forming a conspicuous reddish cap to the head ; 

 the feathers of the forehead with very indistinct black shaft streaks. Upper 

 plumage olive-brown with a decided rufous tinge. Chin yellowish with 

 decided black shaft streaks. Lower plumage a dirty yellowish-buff, and 

 olivaceous on the flanks. 



Bill, horn-coloured ; wing, 54 — 58 mm, 



Stachtehidopsis ruficeps bhamcensis, Harington. 



The Bhamo Bed-headed Babbler. 



Stachyi'hidopsis bhamcensis, Harington, Ann. and Masr. of N. H, Ser., 8, 

 vol. ii., p. 245 (1908) ; J. B. N. H. S., xix., p. 117. 



* Stachyrhido;psis ruficeps davidi, Oustalet. 



S. davidi, Oustalet, Bull. Mus. Paris., 1899, p 119. 



S- sinensis, O.-Grant, Ibis, 1907, p. ISi 



"Nearest to S.prcp-cognitiis, Swinhoe and S. ruficeps, Blyth, but the back grey- 

 ish-olive, and breast and abdomen ashy, not yellow." (Oustalet). 



Ha bitat. — Szechuen . 



" Crown lig-ht chestnut, which does not extend over the nape, and without 

 black shafts to the feathers ; upper parts cold g-reyish-olive ; throat yellowish ; 

 middle of breast and belly pale whitish-olive, and flanks greyish-olive." 

 (O.-G-rant.) 



Habitat. — China. 



Note — I cannot find any difference between the numerous specimens from 

 China, therefore S- sinensis, O.-Grant, will be a synonym of S- davidi, Oustalet. 



Stachyrhidopsis ruficeps prcecognitus, Swinhoe. 



Swinhoe, Ibis, 1866, p. 310. 

 Habitat. — Formosa . 



Stachyrhidopsis ruficeps goodsoni, Kothschild. 



Rothschild, Nov. Zool., xvii., p. 232. 

 Habitat. — Hainan. 



