. Birds. Birds. 336 cbbthiidjK. Key to t7ie Species. a. Feathers of the throat and breast black, with pale shafts S. humii, p. 336. 5. Feathers of the throat and breast with a submarginal white border -Sf. roberti, p. Fig. 105.—Head of 8. humii. 349. SphenocicMa humii. Hume's Wedge-hilled Wren. Heterorhynchus humei, Mandelli, S. F. i, p. 415 (1873); Hume, Cat. no. 383 bis. Sphenociehla humii (Mand.'), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 283 (part.). Coloration. Forehead and sides of the head blackish, with white shafts; the whole upper plumage and wing-coverts golden brown, each feather with a pal
. Birds. Birds. 336 cbbthiidjK. Key to t7ie Species. a. Feathers of the throat and breast black, with pale shafts S. humii, p. 336. 5. Feathers of the throat and breast with a submarginal white border -Sf. roberti, p. Fig. 105.—Head of 8. humii. 349. SphenocicMa humii. Hume's Wedge-hilled Wren. Heterorhynchus humei, Mandelli, S. F. i, p. 415 (1873); Hume, Cat. no. 383 bis. Sphenociehla humii (Mand.'), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 283 (part.). Coloration. Forehead and sides of the head blackish, with white shafts; the whole upper plumage and wing-coverts golden brown, each feather with a pale shaft and very distinctly bordered with black, and the feathers of the back, rump, scapulars, and coverts also cross-barred with black; wings and tail dull golden brown cross-barred with black; sides of the neck black; abroad supercilium grey, reaching to the nape and there terminating in a number of drops extending over the sides of the neck ; chin, throat, breast, and sides of the body deep black with pale whitish shafts; centre of the abdomen ashy; vent, flanks, and under tail-coverts golden brown, each feather with a pale shaft and distinctly edged with black. In the dry state the legs and claws are dark brown, the bill bluish horny, paler below. Length about 7; tail 2-9; wing 3; tarsus I'l; bill from gape 1"05. Distribution. Native Sikhim only, so far as is at present known, from which place there is a considerable series in the British Museum, procured by Mandelli's men, and preserved in the Hume Collection. Nothing whatever is known about the habits of this bird. 350. Sphenociehla roberti. Robert's Wedge-hilled Wren. Sphenociehla roberti, 8r Wald. Ibis, 1875, p. 251; Hume, S. F. iv, p. 217; J. A. S. B. xlv, pt. ii, p. 198, pi. vi. Stachyrirhynchus roberti (Godw-Aust. Sr WaUl.), Hume, S. F. iv, p. 217, note. Heterorhynchus roberti ( Sf Wald.), Hume, Cat. no. 383 ter. Heterorhynchus humii, Mand. apud Hume, S. F. xi, p. Ple
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