. Birds .. . t vary a good deal, being]pale bluish green, very pale brown, or pale whitish blue; theupper inandil)le pale brown, the lower mandible pale whitish blue;iris pale to dark brown and brownish red; naked patch behindthe eye flesh-colour, more or less strongly tinged blue {Hume ^Davison). Measurements as in P. h. hypoleucus. Distribution. Teuasserira. HidiAcation. Mr. C. Hopwood describes its nest as like that ofthe Arrakan Scimitar-Babbler, but placed in clumps of bambooand made of tendrils, twigs and roots. It breeds apparentlyfrom January to M?ii-ch, and lays two or three white egg
. Birds .. . t vary a good deal, being]pale bluish green, very pale brown, or pale whitish blue; theupper inandil)le pale brown, the lower mandible pale whitish blue;iris pale to dark brown and brownish red; naked patch behindthe eye flesh-colour, more or less strongly tinged blue {Hume ^Davison). Measurements as in P. h. hypoleucus. Distribution. Teuasserira. HidiAcation. Mr. C. Hopwood describes its nest as like that ofthe Arrakan Scimitar-Babbler, but placed in clumps of bambooand made of tendrils, twigs and roots. It breeds apparentlyfrom January to M?ii-ch, and lays two or three white eggsmeasuring about 30-2 x 22-7 mm. Habits. Davison remarks that this Babbler keeps much tuthick undergrowth, either in pairs or small parties, keeping to theground more exclusively than any of the other Scimitar-Babblersknown by him. Genus XIPHIRAMPHUS Blyth, 1843. The genus Xijphiramphus differs only from Pomatorhinus inhaving a n)uch longer, more slender and still more curved bill. Itcontains but one Fig. 37.—Head of X. auperciliaris. (226) Xiphiramphus superciliaris. The SlENDEE-BILIED SciMITAB-BABBIiBll. Xiphiramphus supereiliaris Blyth, J. A. S. B., xi, p. 175- (1842)(Sikkim); Blanf. & Dates, i, p. 128. Vernacular names. KarrioTc-tamveep (Lepcha). Description. Lores black; chin and throat white streaked withashy ; a white supercilium, the rest of the head slaty-grey; upperplumage bright rufous-brown; tail dark brown or blackish, the 225 outer webs tinged with rufous at the base; wings dark brown,the outer webs olive-brown and the inner secondaries rufous-brown I breast and abdomen ferruginous; flanks, vent andunder tail-eoverts rufous-brown ; thighs plumbeous. Colours of soft parts. Iris red-brown to almost vermilion ; billblack, paler at tip ; legs dull grey, horny-grey, or plumbeousbrown, Ueasurements. Length about 210 to 220 mm.; wing about72 to 77 mm.; tnil about 90 mm.; tarsus about 30 mm.; culmenabout 55 to 60 mm, Sistribution, Sikkim, Bhutan and
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