28 



red : chin and throat black ; chest crossed by a hand of rich 

 • .1 : centre of abdomen white. 

 T..t;il Length, B 5 in. ; bill, 1 in. ; wing, 4 in. ; tail, 1-25 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 in.— Gould. 

 Bab. : 3, 7. 



216. i'. mammal mil. Sharpe, Northern or Black-vented Babbling- 



Thrush (t (round-Thrush). 



Similar to last species, but under tail coverts an- black, margined 

 with white, and washed with brown near base ; breast hand also is 

 paler and more cinnamon-rufous, as are likewise flanks. 



Hal. B 



a l'\ I NmITI LU8.— Tail quills very much graduated; 



217. P, floCCOSUS, Gld., Pilot-bird. 



General colour above dark chocolate-brown; throat and hreast 

 rufescent ochre and mottled dusky ; abdomen white ; under tail 

 • rt- bright chestnut. 

 Total Length, in. ; culmen, 0*65 in. ; wing, 2 - 8 in. ; tail, 2'8 in. ; 

 tarsus, I '05 in. 

 Bab. : 4. 



- DRYMACEDUS. Wing much graduated, third and fourth quills 

 Dearly equaL 



218. II. briiiui4'op> uius. Gld. (Drymodesbrunneopygia), Scrub- Robin. 



Brownish ; upper tail coverts rufous-brown : upper wiug coverts 

 brown, tipped with ashy whitish; a small black spot above and 

 belovi 



Bab. : (i. 7, (9). 



219. II. {tallicllis. Sharpe, Pale Scrub-Robin. 



supposed western variety of D. brunneopygius, Gld. 

 Underneath buffy- white, a little browner on the sides of the breast 

 and flanks 



Bab. : 9. 



220. II. SUperclliaris, Gld., Eastern Scrub-Robin. 



Upper Burface reddish-brown; under surface fawn; upper wing 



is black, broadly tipped with white; a distinct black spot 



abovi well as a vertical black streak across fore part of ear 



Bab. : 1,2. 



BYLACOLA. I5ill compressed, equally broad and high at base; 



culmen gradually declining from base to tip, Blightly notched at 



: rictui besel with a few fine hairs; nostrils basal, oblong ; 



win-- short, round, and concave; first, second, and third primaries 



Dated ; fourth, fifth, and sixth equal and Longesl : tail rather 



long and round : Lateral toes equal 



221 II. p\rriio|»)<;ia. Vig. and Bors ., < Ihestnut-rumped Ground-Wren. 

 • .- serai colour above russet-brown ; upper tail coverts Light chest- 

 nut; win:.' coverts Like back, the median and greater tipped with 

 whitish; quills brown; tail feathers Light reddish-brown, all but 

 two then with distind black bar ami ends ashy-brown : 



. i urrou eyebrow whitish; under Burface of body dull 

 whitish, thick!, with dusky brown «>n throat, breast, and 



of body ; node] tail co> ert - bi ight chestnut . \\ itli white tips. 

 bh, 5*28 in. ; bill, <»t; in.; wing, 2*1 in. : tail, 2*6" in. 

 Bab ::. 6, : 



II. casta Gld . Red rumped Ground-Wren (Cautious Bylaoola). 



• [• ies, the markings are much bolder on 



under BUrfl loured mark on rump is of a much 



04 r tint. 



