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of the Genus Pomatorhinus. 
tends from the base of the maxilla to the nape; the whole throat 
breast^ and upper belly pure white; round the margin of the 
white some of the black feathers are longitudinally striated 
with white,, and some of the white feathers are mottled with 
black ; flanks,, vent^ and lower tail-coverts olive-brown. Spec, 
descr. ex Neilgherries : mus. W. R, 
Bill yellow; basal half of maxilla dark brown; legs dusky 
green; irides red-brown. 
Wing 3*8 to 4*0 in.,, bill from gape I’l to 1*3, tarsus 1*4, tail 4. 
Col. Sykes remarks (J. A. S. B. iii. p. 537), ^"Minute in¬ 
sects (Dipterous) found in the stomach .... the tongue and 
habits of this bird are those of a Thrush or Timalia.’^ 
This species is very abundant on the Neilgherries, where, 
like all the members of its genus with which I am acquainted 
in the wild state, it is gregarious. 
For remarks on its nidiflcation, vide ^ Ibis,^ 1875, p. 320, and 
^ Stray Feathers,^ iv. p. 399. 
Hab. Southern India, Central India {Jerdon)^ Cuttack 
{Blyth ). 
13. Pomatorhinus obscurus. 
Pomatorhinus obscurus, Hume, Stray Feathers, i.p. 7 (1873). 
^Wery like P. horsfieldi, Sykes, but larger (?); bill longer; 
deeper, and more compressed, and general colour (where not 
white) dull smoky earthy brown ” [Hume ). 
Irides dark reddish brown; legs olivaceous slate; bill 
ivory-yellow, horny at base of upper mandible {Butler ). 
Wing 3*8, bill at gape 1*4, tarsus 1*25, tail 4*0. Spec, descr. 
ex Khandala: {Fairbank) mus. Tweeddale. 
Two specimens from Candeish, two from Khandala, and 
three from Mahabaleshwar are referable to this species, which 
seems to be quite unmistakable. 
These are all smaller than the average of my series of true 
P. horsfieldi from the Neilgherries; and Captain Butler's 
wing-measurements (S. F. iii. p.471) of four specimens from 
Mount Aboo do not bear out Mr. Hume^s statement tha^ P. 
obscurus is larger than P. horsfieldi. Captain Butler states 
[1. c.) that this species, unlike its congener P. horsfieldi, is 
not gregarious (?). 
