TURDOIUES. 191 



«'. Eai'-coverts blackish and darker 



than the rest of the head T. yrlseus yriseus, p. 193. 



b' . Ear-coverts same as the rest of 



the head T. g. striatus, p. 194. 



e. Tail rufous; primaries without pale 

 edo'es. 

 c'. Throat and breast mottled with 



brown , T. somervillei, p. 194. 



C. Throat and breast uniformly rufous. . T. rufescens, p. 195. 



D, Throat pale rufous, breast dark rufous. T. cinereifrons, p. 196. 



(183) Turdoides terricolor terricolor. 



The Bexgal Jungle-Babbler, 



Pastor tenicolor Hodgs., J. A. S. B., v, p. 771 (1836) (Nepal). 

 Crateropus cunorus. Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 110. 



Vernacular names. C7ia/«r7*m (Beng.); Pengiia-mainaiRmdi.in 

 the U.P.) ; !Sat Bhai, Jangli-khi/r, Ghonghai (Hind.) ; Pedda-Sida 

 (Tel.) ; Kutch-batchia (Behar). 



Description. Upper plumage, coverts and inner secondaries 

 pale brown, cinereous on the head and rump, slightly fulvous on 



Fig. 31. — Head of T. t. terricolor. 



the upper tail-coverts, the back with dark brown streaks and 

 whitish shaft-stri[)es ; tail brown, paler towards the base and 

 darker towards the end, which is tipped with white and cross-rayed ; 

 wings dark brown, edged with ashy on the outer webs ; lores 

 whitish with a narrow black line above them ; sides of the head 

 like the crown ; chin and throat cinereous, faintly cross-barred 

 darker; breast fulvous ashy with whitish shafts; abdomen, vent 

 and under tail-coverts fulvous ; the sides tinged with brown and 

 with faint white shafts. 



Colours of soft parts. Iris white, yellowish white or creamy 

 white ; orbital skin pale yellow ; legs and claws yellow, chrome- 

 yellow, fleshy-yellow or yellowish white ; bill chrome-yellow, 

 yellowish white, dirty whitish or, rarely, pale horny-yellow. 



Measurements. Length 250 to 260 mm. ; wing 103 to 110 mm. ; 

 tail 108 to 115 mm.; tarsus about 32 to 34 mm.; culmen about 

 25 to 26 mm. 



Distribution. Northern India from the U.P., Eastern Eajpu- 



