1. TIMKLIA. 507 



k'^. 15ill broader than high at 



nostrils 25. MixonNis, p. 575. 



h*. With spinous shafts to the 



long feathers of the back . . 2G. Machonus, p. 58^3. 

 b. Tail very short, far exceeded by the out- 

 stretclied feet. 

 <"'. Culmen shorter than the tarsus. 

 f". Tail of moderate length, not hidden 

 by the plumes of the rump. 

 i'". Bill stout, deeperthanit isbroad 



at the nostrils 27. Ptilopyg.^*, p. 585. 



k'". Bill more slender, broader than 



deep at nostrils 30. Anuropsis, p. 588. 



/'". Bill equal in height and depth. 

 i''. Rictal bristles scarcelj' percep- 

 tible 31. Crateroscelis, p. 590. 



k*. Rictal bristles -svell developed 32. Corythocichla, p. 592. 

 </". Tail so short as to be hidden by the 



plumes of the rump ". . . . 33. Tubdinulus, p. 593. 



1 d'. Culmen longer than the tarsus .... 34. Rimatou, p. 594. 



1. TIMELIA. 



lype. 



Timalia, Ilorsf. Trans. Liiui. Soc. xiii. p. 150 (1820) T. pileata. 



Napodes, Cab. ^Ius. Hem. Th. i. p. 77 (1850) T. pileata. 



Timelia, Sunclen. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 11 (1872, wow. emend.). 



Rawje. From the lower hills of the Himalayas and the plains of 

 Eastern Bengal through Assam and Burmah to Tenasserim and 

 Cochin China, down the Malayan peninsula ; Java. 



Kify to the /S^5fC(Vs. 



a. Smaller : crown chestnut, contrasting with the 



back, which is olivaceous browai ; throat white, 



with black shaft-streaks pileata, p. 507. 



b. Larger : head rufous-brown like the back ; chin 



white; throat rufous-buff like the rest of the 



under surface : . . . lomjirostris, p. 509. 



1 . Timelia pileata. 



Timalia pileata, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 151 (1820) ; id. Zool. 

 Research. Java, pl.43. fiir. 1 (1824) ; McCMl. P. Z. S. 1831 , p. 161 ; 

 Hodr/s. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mm., Passeres. pi. 175rt (no. 835); ul. 

 in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1844); Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 228 

 (1846) ; id. Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodys. p. 85 (1846) ; 



* Here raust probably be located 28. PfUocichla, the unique type of which 

 genus, P.falcata, is in .\merica. and I have not been able to assign it.s certain 

 position. 



'29.' Mai in. — 7 have not seen an example of lliis genu?; hut T think it )>robable 

 that it must be placed near Ptilopi/pa als(>. 



