26 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



in the bill being somewhat shorter, the middle toe less elongate, 

 and in its distribution. The species have all the wandering habits 

 of the Malacocerci and Chatarhcea, and in this they certainly differ 

 from the Drymoicoe and Prinice, which are only a little smaller than 

 these birds. 



397. Dumetia hyperythra, Franklin. 



Thiimalia, apud Franklin — Blyth, Cat. 787. 



The Eufous-bellied Babbler. 



Descr. — x\bove brownish olive, the tail obsoletely barred with 

 dusky ; forehead and whole body beneath rufous. 



Bill horny; legs fleshy yellow; irides pale yellow-brown. Length 

 6^ inches ; wing 2y'^ ; tail 2^?^ ; tarsus y|. 



This bird is found in low jungle and brushwood, from Nagpoor 

 northwards to Central India and Midnapore, but has not been ob- 

 tained in Lower Bengal. It has similar habits to the next, with 

 which I formerly confounded it ; and Mr. Blyth remarks that 

 its note is like that of Chatarhoea caudata, but proportionally 

 weaker. 



398. Dumetia albogularis, Blyth. 



Pellorneum, apud Blyth, J. A. S., XXI.— Blyth, Cat 788 — 

 HoRSF., Cat. 660 — T. hyperythra, apud Jerdon, Cat. 69 — Pandi- 

 jitta, Tel, i. e., Pig-bird. 



The White-throated Wren-Babbler. 



Descr. — Like the last, but with the chin and throat pure white. 

 Length 5^ inches ; wing 2y% ; tail 2^ ; bill at front y\j ; tarsus 



J. 7. 

 20' 



This little Babbler is found throughout Southern India in suit- 

 able localities, in bushy jimgle, ravines, thick hedge-rows, &c., but 

 it is entirely absent in the forest districts of Malabar. 



It always occurs in small parties, skulking along one after the 

 other, under bushes or through them, rarely showing itself on the 

 top ; hence the Telugu name of Pig-bird given it by the Yana- 

 dees of Nellore. It feeds almost exclusively on small insects, and 

 has a low chattering call. 



