1. TIMl-LIA. 



609 



plains of Eastern Eens;al, Burmah, and Pegu to the neighbourhood 

 of Saigon in Cochin China ; rare in the Malayan pcirwisula ; Java. 



ludia Museum. 



India Museum. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



India Museum. 



Major ]5iddulph. 



India Museum. 



E. W. Gates, Esq. [0.1. 



E. W. Gates, Esq. [C.J. 



Dr. J. Anderson [0.]. 



Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



fp.]. 

 ludia Museum. (Types of 



species.) 

 M. E. Pierre [P.]. 



M. E. Pierre [P.]. 



2. Timelia longirostris. 



Pvctorhis longirostris, Moore, P. Z. S. 18o4, p. 104 (ex Hodgs. MSS.); 

 'Jlorsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mu.^. i. p. 408 (1854); Jerd. B. 



Ind.'ii. p. 16 (1863) ; Ilmne, Sfr. F. 1878, vol. 2, p. 154. 

 Malacocercus (Layardia) rubiginosus, Godu-in-Aiisten, P. Z. S. 1874, 



p. 47 ; id. J. A. S. Beng. xliii. pt. 2, p. 164, pi. v. (1874) ; Hume, 



8tr. F. 1875, p. 397 ; Godwin- Austen, J. A. S. Beng. xlvii. part 2, 



p. 24(1878). 

 Malacocercus ruhiginosus, Godtu in- Austen, J. A. S. Beng. xlvii. 



part 2, p. 24 (1878). 

 Layardia rubiginosa, Hume, Sir. F. 1878, vol. 2, p. 153. 

 Pyctoris longirostris, Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 95. 



Adult (type of species). General colour above deep rnfous-brown, 

 the head a little more dusk}% and the lower back and rump slightly 

 clearer than the rest of the upper surface ; wing-coverts like the 

 back ; quills dusky brown, the primaries externally light rufous, 

 the secondaries darker rufous, the innermost entirely rut'ous-brown ; 

 tail-feathers dull rufous-brown ; lores and a very narrow eyebrow, 

 as well as the ear-coverts, pale tawny bufi' ; lores, feathers round the 

 eye, fore part of checks, and feathers below the eye and throat 

 white ; remainder of body huffy whitish ; the flanks, thighs, and 

 under tail-coverts tawny buff, the sides of the body richer in colour ; 

 under wing-coverts pale tawny ; quills dusky brown below, light 

 rufous along the inner web ; " bill black ; legs pale corneous 

 or dull grey-brown; iris nearly white" {Godwin- Austen). Total 

 length 8 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 2-8, tail 4-4, tarsus I'l. 



The Oudc specimen is not quite so rufoiis on the upper surface 

 as the example from Nepal ; but below it is of a much richer tawny 

 buff on the sides of the body. This may be due partly to the 



