594 TIMELIID^. 



Puoepyga, sp., Godiuin-Austen, J. A. S. Beng. xxxix. p. 101 (1870). 

 Pnoepyga roberti, Godwin-Austen 8^ Wnld. Ibis, 1875, p. 253 ; 



Hume, Str. F. 1870, p. 218. 

 Turdimilus roberti, Hume Sf Davison, Str. F. 1 878, p. 235 ; Hume, 



Str. F. 1879, p. 93 ; Gould, B. Asia, part xxxiii. 

 Turdimilus murina, Hume, Str. F. 1880, p. 115. 

 Turdinulus murjnus. Gates, B. Brit. Burm., p. 62 (1883). 



Adult (type of species). General colour above brown, mottled 

 with blackish edges to the feathers, the mantle and upper back 

 varied with whitish shaft-streaks ; rump and lower back uniform 

 brown, rather more fulvescent ; wing-coverts rather more reddish 

 brown than the back, with a smaU triangular spot of white at the 

 tips ; quills dusky brown, externally dull rufous-brown, the inner 

 secondaries with a small spot of white at the tips ; tail-feathers 

 reddish brown ; lores and base of forehead whitish, the feathers tipped 

 with dusk}', producing a somewhat seal}' appearance : a pale fulvous 

 superciliary streak, the feathers slightly mottled with dusky edges; 

 ear-coverts dull brown ; cheeks rufous buff, mottled with blackish tips 

 to the feathers; throat white, thickly mottled with triangular blackish 

 spots in the centres of the feathers ; breast whitish or creamy buff, 

 rather mottled with dusky edges to the feathers ; centre of abdomen 

 whitish ; sides of body fulvescent brown, the plumes on the side of 

 the bi'east with whitish shaft;-line8 ; thighs and under tail-coverts 

 more fawn-coloured ; axillaries and under wing-coverts fulvescent ; 

 quills dusky below ; " biU sepia-brown ; legs burnt umber ; iris van- 

 dyke brown " (0. Limhorg). Total length 4 inches, culmen 0'65, 

 wing 2-05, tail 1, tarsus 0-8. (Mits. H. II. Godunn-Austen.) 



A female in Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay's collection is rather paler 

 in colour and has the spots on the throat dusky brown instead of 

 black. 



Hab. Munipur hiUs, extending to Mooleyit in Tenasserim, and 

 probably found throughout, the mountains of the Malayan peninsula, 

 as it reappears in Sumatra. 



34. RIMATOR. 



lype. 



Rimator, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xvi. p. 154 (Feb. 



1847) R. malacoptilus. 



Caulodromus, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 144 (April 



1847) R. malacoptilus. 



Merva, Hodgs. Calc. Joiirn. Nat. Hist. 1847, p. 96 



(April) R. malacoptilus. 



Range. Eastern Himalayas : Sumatra. 



1. Rimator malacoptilus. 



Rimator malacoptilus, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xvi. pp. 155, 864, 878 

 (1847) ; id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 338 (1849) ; Horsf. fy Moore, 

 Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. p. 717 (1856) ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 493 

 (18G2) ; Gould, B. Asia, part 22 (1870) ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, 

 p. 93. 



Caulodromus gracei, Gray ^~ Mitch. Gen. B. i. p. 144, pi. 44. fig. 2 



