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on the anterior ones ; cheeks and under surface of bod)^ bright sienna- 

 buff ; throat and centre of breast and abdomen white ; thighs rather 

 paler fulvous ; axillaries sienna-buff, with white bases ; under wing- 

 covcrts l)right sienua-bulf ; quills light brown below, fulvescent 

 along the inner web ; " iris greenish white or white ; bill, upper 

 mandible dusky or pinkish brown with fleshy margin, lower man- 

 dible fleshy, tip dusky; legs and feet reddish fleshy, toes slightly 

 dusky, claws brownish " ( IF. V. Legge). Total length 5*9 inches, 

 culmen 0*6, wing 2-15, tail 2-45, tarsus 0'8. 



Captain Legge says that " the rufous of the lower surface seems 

 to be brighter in the breeding-season, with the white of the throat 

 and breast more shai'ply defined against it." In the young bird, 

 according to the same naturalist, the forehead wants the ferruginous 

 tint and is concolorous with the head, while the iris is pale olive- 

 greyish. 



Hah. All over the low country of Ceylon in all parts of the island; 

 and on the peninsula of India ranging from Travancore along the 

 west coast as high as Candeish, occurring again on Mount Aboo. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Madras. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Madi-as. India Museum. 



d, e. Ad. sk. Ceylon. F. D. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 /, ff. Ad. sk. Ceylon. E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Dumetia hyperythra. 



Timalia hyperythra, Franklin, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 118; Lafr. Mag. de 



Zool. 1835, pi. 40 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 228 (1846) ; id. Hand4. B. 



i. p. 315, no. 4705 (186'j). 

 Dumetia hyperythra, Bhith, Cat, B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 140 (1849) ; 



Jerd. B. hid. ii. p. 26 (1863) ; Gould, B. Asia, part 12 (18G0) ; 



Blanf. J. A. S. Beng. xl. p. 273 (1871) ; Hume, Nests ^- Eqgs Ind. 



B. p. 246 (1873) ; Ball, Str. F. 1874, p. 409 ; id. Str. F. 1878, vol. ii. 



p. 213 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 96 ; Butler, Str. F. 1880, p. 309 ; 



id. Cat. B. S. Bombay Pres. p. 42 (1880). 

 Pellorneiun h}-perythrum, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xxi. p. 357 (1852). 



Adult female. General colour above ashy olive-brown, rather 

 more fulvescent on the rump ; the mantle with obscure dusky brown 

 shaft-strcakf. ; wing-coverts like the back ; greater coverts and 

 quills light brown, margined externally with the same colour as tho 

 back, the primaries externally fulvescent brown ; upper tail-coverts 

 and tail-feathers ashy brown, with dusky cross markings under 

 certain lights ; fore part of crown ferruginous, tho feathers rather 

 stiffened and with blackish shaft-streaks ; lores and feathers round 

 the eye whitish ; sides of face, ear-coverts, and under surface of body 

 sienna-buff, more rufous on the cheeks and throat, which have paler 

 shaft-lines ; ear-coverts also pale-shafted and somewhat washed 

 with ashy ; uuder wing-coverts and axillaries like the breast ; quiUs 

 dusky brown, edged with fulvous along the inner web ; " biU horny ; 



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