233. Ixulus humilis

233. Ixulus humilis.

Davison's Ixulus.

Ixulus humilis, Hume, S. F. v, p. 106 (1877); Hume & Dav. S. F. vi, p. 374; Oates, B. B. i, p. 149; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 614; Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v, p. 602. Staphidea humilis (Hume), Hume, Cat. no. 625 bis.

Coloration. Whole upper plumage and visible portions of the wings and tail, the sides of the head, and the Lengthened crest plain brown; lores and a moustachial streak darker brown; sides of neck and whole lower plumage white, the chin, throat, and breast with very narrow brown shaft-streaks ; the sides of the body, thighs, and under tail-coverts with broader streaks, increasing in size as they approach the tail; under wing-coverts white.

Upper mandible black; lower mandible pale brown; legs and feet fleshy brown; iris red-brown (Hume & Davison).

Length 5.2 ; tail 1.8; wing 2.4; tarsus .8; bill from gape .6.

Distribution The higher parts of Muleyit mountain in Tenasserim.