breast and centre of abdomen pure white; flanks, vent and under tail-coverts ochraceous.
Colours of soft parts. Iris pale brown—probably young birds—to yellowish red and bright yellow; bill vermilion with a dusky patch next forehead; legs and feet yellowish or greenish brown.
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Fig. 35.—Head of P. o. ochraceiceps.
Measurements. Length about 220 mm. : wing 86 to 92 mm.; tail about 105 to 110 mm.; tarsus about 32 mm.; culmen about 30 to 32 mm.
Distribution. The Karen Hills and Karenni, Mts. of Tenasserim.
Nidification unknown.
Habits. Those of the genus, but Davison says that he sometimes found them in comparatively open spaces and also that he saw them moving about moderately high up in the branches of trees. They keep above 3,000 feet and are found in pairs, not flocks.
(217) Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps austeni.
Hume's Scimitar-Baibbler.
- Pomatorhinus austeni Hume, S. F., x, p. 152 (1881) (E. Mauipur); Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 123.
Vernacular names. Inrui-gna (Kacha Naga).
Description. Differs from the last in having the upper plumage pale olive-brown, merely tinged with ochre on the bead and neck. The flanks, vent and under tail-coverts are also olive-brown.
Colours of soft parts as in P. o. ochraceiceps. Measurements as in P. a. ochraceiceps, but the bill measures up to 36 mm.
Distribution. Hitherto only obtained in the Eastern Manipur Hills and once, for certain, in Eastern Cachar.
Nidification. Like the other species of this genus, Hume's Scimitar-Babbler makes an oval domed nest of grass and bamboo leaves. A nest taken by myself at about 5,000 feet contained four eggs measuring about 27·8 x 19·3 mm. It was taken on the 19th of June.
Habits. This bird seems to be found between 5,000 and 6,000 feet and upwards in the more humid forests with ample under-
