. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . and sharp-pointed when viewed laterally and isabout the length of the head or a little shorter ; there arenorictalbristles; the wing is short and rounded; the tail is of twelvefeathers and greatly rounded, the outer feathers being about two-thirds the length of the central. The sexes are alike but the youngare still unknown. siniEJfocicnLA. 461 Key to Species. A. Feathers of the throat and breast black with pale shafts S. hiimei, ]). 461. B. Feathers of breast ashy-bro-wu witli black margins and white submargius. S. roberti, p. 461. (-
. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . and sharp-pointed when viewed laterally and isabout the length of the head or a little shorter ; there arenorictalbristles; the wing is short and rounded; the tail is of twelvefeathers and greatly rounded, the outer feathers being about two-thirds the length of the central. The sexes are alike but the youngare still unknown. siniEJfocicnLA. 461 Key to Species. A. Feathers of the throat and breast black with pale shafts S. hiimei, ]). 461. B. Feathers of breast ashy-bro-wu witli black margins and white submargius. S. roberti, p. 461. (-^73) Sphenocichla Wedge-billed Wren. Heterorhynchus humei Mandelli, S. F., i, p. 415 (1873) (Native Sikkim).SpJieuocichla Junnii. Elanf. & Gates, i, p. 336. Vernacular names. None recorded. Description. Whole upper plumage rich golden-browii, thefeathers edged with black and all but those of the crown and napenarrowly barred with blackish ; feathers of head, neck and inter-scapulars with white shafts, most conspicuous on the forehead ; a. -rrFig. 91.—Head of S. humei. broad white supercilium from the back of the eye breaking uj)into white spots on the sides of the neck ; wings blackish-brown,the visible parts barred with dark golden-brown; chin, throat,breast and flanks dark brown with white shafts and the narrowestof white edges; belly ashy-grey ; posterior flanks and under tail-coverts golden-brown. Colours of soft parts. Irides dark brown ; bill slate-colour, theculmeu darker ; legs dark brown. Measurements. Wing 70 to 74 mm.; tail 04 to 71 mm.; tarsus26 to 27 mm. ; culmen 22 to 24 mm. Distribution. Sikkim to the Abor Hills. Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded. (474) Sphenocichla Wedge-billed Wren. Sphenocichla roberti &Wald., Ibis, 1875, p. 251 (Hemeo,N. Cachar); Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 336. Vernacular names. Ting-linrwi gadiha (Kacha Naga).Description. Above dark reddish golden-brown, the feathersof the head and mantle with dar
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