(205) Pomatorhinus olivaceus ripponi.
Harington's Shan Scimitar-Babbler.
- FovmtorhimiA ripponi llarington, Bull. 15. O. C, xvii, p. 9 (1910) (Shan States).
Vernacular names. None recorded.
Description. Ditt'ers from the Tenasserim Scimitar-Babbler in having the colour of the upper parts olive-brown instead of iHifous-brown; the tail is coiicolorous with, instead of darker than, the back; the chestnut neck-patch is paler and the bill is perhaps more slender.
Colours of soft parts as in P. o. olivaceus.
Measurements. Total length about 210 mm.; wing 85 to 88 nnn.; tail about 95 to 98 mm.; tarsus 25 mm.; culmen about 27 to 28 mm.
Distribution. Shan States and Kachin Hills. Nidification similar to that of the last bird. Eggs taken by Messrs. J. P. Cook and Mackenzie average about 25'Ox 17"9 mm.
Habits. This bird was found by Mr. Cook frequenting grass lands rather than forest or jungle, and he even obtained it breeding iu such places. It is found at all elevations between 2,500 and 5,000 feet. Pomatorhinus horsfieldi. Key to Subspecies. A. Sidesof neck and breast blacldsh brown. . P. h. horsjieldi, p. 210. B. Sides of neck and breast brown P. h. obscunis, p. 211. C. Sides of neck rufescent like the hack . . P. Ii. melamtrus, p. 212. J). Sides of neck and breast hrondly deep [p. 211. black P. Ji. travancoriensis,
(206) Pomatorhinus horsfieldi horsfieldi.
The Deccan Scimitar-Babbler.
- Pomatorlmms horsfieldi Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 39 (I)eccan); Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 119.
Vernacular names. Namala Pitta or Damri Pitta (Tel).
Description. Upper plumage dark earthy-brown with a tinge of rufous, the head slightly darker; a white supercilium from the nostril to the nape, edged v^ith black above; chin, throat, breast and abdomen white; lores, under the eye, the ear-coverts, the sides of the neck and a band bordering the breast and abdomen blackish brown; sides of the body, vent and under tail-coverts slaty-brown; tail and wings dark brown, washed on the outer webs with the colour of the back.
