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Description Adult. — Similar to Turdinulus brevicaudatus, Blyth, from 

 Tenasserim; but differs in being much larger and in having the upper 

 plumage greyer, the breast dark rufous, the abdomen the same colour as the 

 breast, and the flanks dark brown. 



In T. brevicaudatus the breast is pale rufous, the abdomen creamy-buff 

 and the flanks tinged with olive. 



Wing measurements : — 



T. b. brevicaudatus. 10 examples. Wing 60-65 mm. Average 63 mm. 



T. b. venningi. 15 examples. Wing 65-74 mm. Average 68 mm. 



" Irides red, bill dark brownish-horn, paler beneath, the legs and feet 

 fleshy-brown." (Venning.) 



Habitat. — The Southern Shan States, Burma, and Yunnan. 



There is one specimen collected by Colonel Kippon in the Salween Valley 

 (presumably in Yunnan), 2,800 to 3,000 feet. 



" I have the eggs of a Turdinulus from the Southern Shan States which 

 are presumably of this sub-species. They are exactly like those of T. b. 

 striatus hereafter described and measured 84"x62"." E. C. S. B. 



TUKDINULXJS BKBVICAUDATUS STEIATUS, Walden, 



Walden's Wren-BabbUr. 



Turdinus striatus, Walden, A.M. N. H. (4), vii., p. 241 (1871). 



CorythocicUa striata, Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 593 ; Gates, F. of B. I., i., 

 p. 148 ; Stuart Baker, J. B. N. H. S., viii., p. 179. 



Descrii^tion. — Similar to T. brevicaudatus, " Differs in having the sides of the 

 head brown instead of deep ashy, and in havin g the breast and lower 

 plumage brown slightly tinged with rufous, instead of ferruginous; the 

 spots at the tips of the wing-coverts and quills are less distinct, and are 

 fulvous, and not white." 



Length about 5"; tail 1.8"; wing 2.3"; tarsus 95" ; bill from gape 

 8". (Gates.) 



Distribution. — The Khasia, Cachar and Garo Hills, Manipur and Dibrugarh 

 in Assam, both N. and S. of the Brahmapootra. 



■ Habits. — Stuart Baker gives a very good description of the habits and 

 nidification of this bird in the Journal. Shortly these are, it rarely 

 makes use of its wings, but moves about quickly on its feet, it builds an 

 almost domed nest of leaves and moss, lined with the same, which is in- 

 variably placed on the ground. The eggs, of which four appears to be the 

 full complement, are white, freckled with pinkish red spots, with under- 

 lying pinkish purple markings; and measure from -78" to -83" by -59" to -62'. 



TtJKDiNULUS KOBEKTi ROBEBTi, Godwin-Austen. 



Austen's Wren-Babbler. 



Pnoepyga roherti, Godwin-Austen and Walden, Ibis (1875), p. 252. 



Turdinulus roberti, O. Grant, Ibis (1896), p. 55 ; Blanford, F. B. I. iv., 

 App. P., p. 480. 



Corytliocichla squmata, S. Baker, J. B. N. H. S., xiii., p. 403. 



Description. — -Upper plumage brown with a rufous tinge, each feather pale 

 centred with darker edges, giving a mottled appearance; supercilium 

 buffish-white ; feathers of the middle of the throat white, with a triangular 

 black spot at the end of each feather ; sides of the throat f errugineous ; 

 breast olive-brown with broad white shaft stripes, giving a very striped 

 appearance ; flanks olive-brown tinged with rufous ; vent and under-tail 

 coverts bright rufous ; wing coverts and wing feathers tipped with white. 



Wing measurement, 55 mm. 



Distribution. — The Cachar, Manipur and Naga Hills. 



