. Birds .. . 284 ;. undergrowth aud, less often, bamboo-jungle. The eggs numberfrom two to four. In colour they are white or creamy-white,smudged and blotched with yellowish brown and with a few darker,almost black, spots and lines. The breeding season is fromFebruary to May. Thirty eggs average 20-5 x 159 mm. Habits. The birds of this genus are more typically Timaliine intheir habits than Alcippe, less so than Bhopocichla. They collectin small flocks of five to ten birds, haunt brushwood and lowforest and feed wholly on insects which they obtain principally onthe ground. Davison say
. Birds .. . 284 ;. undergrowth aud, less often, bamboo-jungle. The eggs numberfrom two to four. In colour they are white or creamy-white,smudged and blotched with yellowish brown and with a few darker,almost black, spots and lines. The breeding season is fromFebruary to May. Thirty eggs average 20-5 x 159 mm. Habits. The birds of this genus are more typically Timaliine intheir habits than Alcippe, less so than Bhopocichla. They collectin small flocks of five to ten birds, haunt brushwood and lowforest and feed wholly on insects which they obtain principally onthe ground. Davison says that their note is like chir-chit-chit-chit, constantly repeated. (298) Schoeniparus dubius mandellii. The Assam Tit-Babbleb. Schosniparus mandellii , A. II., (4) xviii, p. 33(1876) (Naga Hills) ; Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 169. Vernacular names. Dao-cldtter (Cachari). Description. Differs from the last in having the upper plumagemore olive and the chin and throat bufi like the centre of the. Pig. Head of 8. d. ■mandellii. breast; the black supercilium and black markings of the head andupper back more pronounced; and the sides of the neck aredistinctly striped with black and buff. ColOTirs of soft parts as in <?. d. dubius. Measurements. Wing56 to 64 mm.; tail about 62 mm.; tarsus25 mm.; culmen 12 mm. Distribution. Assam, Chin Hills and W. Burma. Nidification. This handsome little Babbler breeds in greatnumbers during April, May and June at all elevations above 3,000and fully up to 6,000 feet. It may be found in almost anykind of cover but prefers forest with an undergrowth of bushes,bracken and raspberry vines. The nest is practically invariablyplaced on the ground, generally under the protection of somethick patch of cover aud always on a more or less sloping materials used are dead leaves mixed with bracken, grass,roots etc. aud the shape is either a deep, semi-domed cup or a sch(enipabt;s. ^85 completely domed, egg-shaped affair measuring abo
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