. Birds. Birds. 170 OBATEEOPODID^. exposed parts of the wings and tail; lower plumage pale fulvous, suffused with olivaceous on the sides of the breast and abdomen and on the under tail-coverts. Legs and feet pale yellovidsh fleshy-brown; bill black; iris reddish maroon (Smwi«) ; iris ved {CocMwm); iris dark red-brown (). Length about 5-5; tail 2'3; wing 2-3; tarsus '85; bill from gape " Fig. 49.—Head of 8. mandellii. This species differs from S. dvibivs in having the hind neck and the sides of the neck streaked, the crown darker rufous, with more prominent dark edges to the
. Birds. Birds. 170 OBATEEOPODID^. exposed parts of the wings and tail; lower plumage pale fulvous, suffused with olivaceous on the sides of the breast and abdomen and on the under tail-coverts. Legs and feet pale yellovidsh fleshy-brown; bill black; iris reddish maroon (Smwi«) ; iris ved {CocMwm); iris dark red-brown (). Length about 5-5; tail 2'3; wing 2-3; tarsus '85; bill from gape " Fig. 49.—Head of 8. mandellii. This species differs from S. dvibivs in having the hind neck and the sides of the neck streaked, the crown darker rufous, with more prominent dark edges to the feathers, the ear-coverts much darker brown, and the chin and throat fulvous. A. specimen from the pine-forests of the Salween is somewhat intermediate. Distribution. The Daphla, Ifdga, and Khasi hills ; Manipur. Habits, Sfc. Hume observes that this bird keeps in small parties of three to six in number, and haunts the brushwood, balsams, and other plants growing in the deep shade of forests. It is active, nimble, and restless. 180. Schoeniparus rnfigiilaris. The Bed-throated Tit-Babbler. Minla ruflgularis, MandeUi, 8. F. i, p. 416 (1873); A. M. N. H. (4) xvii, p. 33; id. J. A. S. B. xlv, pt. ii, p. 199, xlvii, pt. ii, p. 25; Hume, Cat. p. 618 bis ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 610; Hume, 8. F. xi, p. 249. Alcippe collaris, WaU. A. M. N. H. (4) xlv, p. 166 (1874); Hum^, 8. F. m, p. 281; J. A. 8. B. xlv, pt. ii, p. 82. Coloration. Forehead, crown, and nape chestnut, bounded on each side by a black band, the two bands blending on the nape; lores and a supercilium, below and next to the black band, white • the upper part of the ear-coverts and a patch below the eye blackish; the lower part of the ear-coverts rufous, connected together by a broad chestnut band across the throat; upper plumage, wings, and tail olive-green, the outer webs of the wings and tail suffused with fulvous; chin, throat, and centre of breast and abdomen white ; remainder of the low
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