516 TIJlELIIDiE. 



legs fleshy yellow ; iris pale yellow-brown " (Jerclon). Total length 

 5"6 inches, culmen 0"55, wing 2-2, tail 2-4, tarsus 0'8. 



Hah. The Central provinces of the Indinn peninsula from the 

 Midnapoor jungles westwards to Nagpoor and south to the Godaveri 

 valley. Is also said to breed at Khandala on the west coast and to 

 be numerous in South Konkan ; but it is doubtful whether in these 

 latter localities the species is not solely D. albigularis. 



a. Ad. sk. India. Gould Collection. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Below Darjiling, May 20, E. W. Gates, Esq. 



1879 (W. E. Brooks). 



3. Dumetia bivittata. 



Napothera bivittata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 359 (1850). 

 Drymocataplius bivittatus, Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 489. 

 Timalia bivittatus, Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 315, no. 4704 (1869). 



Adult male. General colour above dusky olive-brown, the lower 

 back dull chestnut-brown, the rump and upper tail-coverts deeper 

 chestnut-brown ; wing-coverts like the back, the greater series and 

 the quills dusky brown, margined externally with dull rufescent 

 brown, rather more olivaceous on the outer webs of the secondaries ; 

 tail-feathers dull rufescent brown ; head and nape rufous-brown or 

 deep bay, bordered by a broo.d stripe of buffy fawn-colour on each 

 side, these streaks running from the nostril to the side of the nape, 

 being rather more rufous anteriorly, and forming a broad eyebrow ; 

 lores dusky ash ; sides of face, ear-coverts, cheeks, throat, and breast 

 buify fawn-colour or pale sienna-buff; along the upper part of the 

 ear-coverts and extending to the sides of the nape a baud of rufous- 

 brown ; ear-coverts narrowly streaked with fulvous ; centre of 

 breast and abdomen whitish ; sides of body fulvescent olive-brown ; 

 thighs and under tail-coverts rufous ; under wing-coverts and axil- 

 laries sienna-buff like the breast ; quills dusky brown below, ashy 

 along the edge of the inner web ; " bill dark olive ; feet pale olive ; 

 iris dark'- {A. R. Wallace). Total length 6*5 inches, culmen 0'75, 

 wing 2-45, tail 2-85, tarsus 0-95. 



Adult female. Like the male {Wallace). 



Young mcde. Differs from the adult in having the head dull earthy 

 brown instead of rufous. Total length 7'3 inches, culmen 0"75, 

 wing 2"6, tail 3'3, tarsus 0'95. 



Obs. There is a certain difference in tint to be observed in the 

 coloration of the specimens in the Museum. Some are more ashy 

 olive-brown with less rufous on the rump, and this is accompanied 

 by a strong ashy shade on the sides of the breast. 



Hah. Island of Timor in the Malay archipelago. 



a, h. (S ad. sk. Timor. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [CI. 



c. Ad. sk. E. Timor. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.J. 



d. Ad.sk. Timor {Wallace). Gould Collection. 



