. Birds. Birds. 126 ceateeopodidjB. and sides of the neck olive-brown; point of the forehead rufous ; lores whitish in front, blackish behind; cheek-stripe black; ear- coverts chestnut; chin, throat, breast, and abdomen white, the upper breast with a cross band of triangular black spots ; sides of body olive-brown ; thighs and under tail-coverts deep chestnut. Legs and feet pale brown ; upper mandible dark brown, lower pale homy drab; orbital skin and bare space behind eye leaden dnsky; iris reddish or salmon-white, yellowish white, or very pale yellow (Hume); iris lemon-yellow (OocJchurn). Le
. Birds. Birds. 126 ceateeopodidjB. and sides of the neck olive-brown; point of the forehead rufous ; lores whitish in front, blackish behind; cheek-stripe black; ear- coverts chestnut; chin, throat, breast, and abdomen white, the upper breast with a cross band of triangular black spots ; sides of body olive-brown ; thighs and under tail-coverts deep chestnut. Legs and feet pale brown ; upper mandible dark brown, lower pale homy drab; orbital skin and bare space behind eye leaden dnsky; iris reddish or salmon-white, yellowish white, or very pale yellow (Hume); iris lemon-yellow (OocJchurn). Length about 9 j tail 3-6; wing 3'4; tarsus 1-3; bill from gape 1-3. Distribution. The National, Collection contains a large series collected by Hume in Manipur and another by Cockburn at Shil- long. The only other example is a bird which Sharpe assures us is Jerdon's type from Dibrugarh in Assam. This species has been obtained by Godwin-Austen in the Barail range and in the !Naga hills. 131. Pomatorhinus hypoleucns. The Arrakan Scimitar Babbler. Orthorhinus hypoleucus, Myth, J. A. xiii, p. 371 (1844); Hume, Cat. no. 405 bis. Pomatorhinus hypoleucus (BlytK), Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv, p. 597; id. Cat. p. 146; Horsf. Sr M. Cat. i, 'p. 236; Bhjth, Birds Bwm. p. 113; Hume, S. F, iii, p. 411; J. A. S. B. xlv, pt. ii, p. 75; id. Proc. A. S. B. IfilT, p. 147; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1878, p. 140; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vh, p. 428; Oates, B. B. i, p. 75. Pomatorhinus albicollis, Horsf., Gray 8/- Mitch. Gen. Birds, i. p. 229, pi. 57 (1846). Pomatorhinus inglisi, Hume, S. F. v, p. 31 (1877) ; Sharpe, Cat. B, JM. vii, p. 429. Orthorhinus inglisi {Hume), Hume, Cat. no. 405 ter; id. S. F. ix, p. 253; xi, p. Fig. 33.—Head of P. hypoleucus. Coloration. Upper plumage olive-brown, deeply tinged with rufous on the tail and exposed parts of closed wings ; ear-coverts and cheeks greyish brown; lores grey; a line commencing above the eye, passing over the ear-coverts and terminating
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