SHARPENS STRIATED GROUND-BABBLER. 67 
This species diflPers from P. ruficeps of Southern India in being much 
smaller and in having the streaks on the lower plumage very narrow,, 
whereas in P. ruficeps they occupy half the width of the feather. Speci- 
mens from Karennee in Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay^s collection form a well- 
marked race. They differ from P. subochraceum in having the head pale 
chestnut^ the sides of the body olive-brown^ and the fulvous tinge on the 
lower plumage less developed. 
The Burmese Striated Ground-Babbler is abundant over the whole of 
Pegu^ except perhaps on the highest hills, where I do not remember to 
have observed it. Mr. Davison found it common throughout Tenasserim/ 
but not ascending the higher hills. Capt. Bingham states that it is 
common in the Thoungyeen valley^ and Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay procured 
it on the Karin hills east of Tonghoo. It probably occurs in Arrakan. 
It is found in the Malay peninsula as far south as Tonka ; and in the 
British Museum there is a specimen from the Salanga Islands. Dr. Tiraut 
records it from Cochin China. 
This common Babbler is found in every description of jungle^ in gardens^ 
orchards and compounds. It keeps entirely to the ground^ and is seldom 
seen ; but its note^ which is a remarkably pretty one, may be constantly 
heard. I have generally found them in pairs feeding among dead leaves 
and herbage. I have frequently found the nest in May and June ; it is a 
domed structure made of dry bamboo-leaves^ and lined with grass and fine 
roots. It is always placed on the ground, and half the nest is often im- 
bedded in the dead leaves which have accumulated on the ground. The 
eggs are usually three in number and are white speckled with reddish 
brown and purple. Mr. Davison found the nest with well-incubated eggs 
in the south of Tenasserim as early as the 25th March. In Pegu I do 
not think that they nest at an earlier period than May. 
69. PELLORNEUM INTERMEDIUM. 
SHARPENS STRIATED GROUND-BABBLER. 
Pellorneum intermedium, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. vii. p. 
Description. — Male and female. Plumage generally like that of P. sub- 
ochraceum. It differs in having the feathers of the upper back dark brown 
or blackish and the adjacent feathers on either side the neck with the inner 
webs fulvous white ; the eye-streak is rich buflP, with no spots over the 
eye ; the feathers of the forehead are dark-shafted only in the vicinity of 
the nostrils, and the stripes on the sides of the breast are broader and not 
so well defined. 
The size is the same as that of P. subochraceum. 
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