390 TIMELIIDJ2. 



Lcgge, extending over the western and damp portion of the soutliern 

 province, and through the western highlands to the main range. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Ceylon. ruvcliased. 



c. Ad. sk. Ceylon. Marquis of Tweeddale [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Ceylon. F. I). Godman and 0. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



2. Argya subrufa, 



Timalia subrufa, Jerd. Madr. Jouni. x. p. 259 (1839). 

 Malacocercus subrufus, Bhjth, J. A. S. JJenq. xiii. p. 3ti9 (1844') ; id. 



Cat. B. Mus. As. Svc. p. 141 (1849) ; Jerd. III. 0;-w.,text topi. xix. 



(1849); Bp. Cotisp. i. p. :i73 (1859); Ilorsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. 



E.I. Co. 3Im. i. p. 217 (1^4:); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 279, 



no. 4121 (18G9); Ehves, Ibis, 1870, p. 527. 

 Timalia pcecilurhyncha, Lafr. Ber. Zool. 1840, p. C5. 

 Layardia subrufa, Bli/tJi, J. A. S. Beiir/. xxiv. p. 478 (1855) ; Jerdon, 



B. India, ii. p. 60 (1863) ; Fairb. 'Str. F. 1876, p. 258 ; Hume, 



Str. F. 1879, p. 97. 



Adult. General colour above olive-brown, a little lighter on the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts like the back ; primar)'- 

 coverts and primaries brown, external!}' paler brown, the secon- 

 daries externally olive-brown ; tail-feathers brown strongly washed 

 with olive (especially the centre ones), and crossed with numerous 

 dusky bars uiKler certain lights ; forehead hoary grey, exteudiiig 

 backwards a little over the eye ; lores and feathers round the eye 

 dusk)' grey ; ear-coverts light olive-brown like the head ; cheeks 

 dull rufous ; remainder of under surface of body bright rufous or 

 tawnj', the flanks browner ; the lower throat and chest slightly 

 streaked with hair-like blackish shaft-lines ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries like the breast ; quills light brown below, light rufous 

 along the margin of the inner web; "bill dusky above, yellow 

 beneath ; legs dull yellow ; iris light yellow " {Jerdon). Total 

 length 9 inches, culmen 0"9, wing 8-0, tail 4-4, tarsus 1-35. 



Hah. Higher wooded regions of Southern India, along the crests 

 of the "Western Ghats from the southern Mahratta country to Coorg, 

 the Wynaad, and Malabar, descending sometimes, but rarely below, 

 the Ghats in the latter country. 



India Museum. 



Horace Plower, Esq. [C.]. 



Massena Collection. 



3. Argya hyperythra. 



Malacocercus subrufus, Horsf. ^' Moure, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. 

 App. p. 420, no. 315 {nee Jerd.). 



Adult. Similar to A. subrufa, but reddish brown instead of olive- 

 brown ; the upper tail-coverts and tail dark reddish brown ; ear- 

 coverts like the head ; cheeks and under surface bright chestnut, 



