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cliin, throaf, breast and flanks. The darker edging to the feathers 

 also sliow up tlie central pale streaks more vividl}'. 



Colours of soft parts and Measurements as in the last. 



Distribution. India South ot" the habitat^of T. t. terricolor. 



Nidification and Habits similar to those of the Northern 

 Babbler. Twenty eggs average about 23*8 x 18'6 mm. 



(185) Turdoides terricolor sindianus. 



The Sixd Jfngle-Babblkr. 



Turdoides terricolor sijidianus Ticehurst, Bidl. B. O. C, xl, p. 15G 

 (19l'0) (Karachi, Sind). 



Vernacular names. JS'one recorded. 



Description. Similar to terricolor but paler, upper parts greyer 

 and with the dark streaks ill-defined or obsolete; throat paler 

 dusky grey ; belly paler cream-colour. 



Colours of soft parts and Measurements as in the other two 

 races. 



Distribution. Sind, Western Hajputana (Mt. Aboo) and Punjab. 



Nidification. Breeds in Sind in July and in tlie Punjab in 

 April, May and June and apparently again in September. 

 Twenty-one eggs average 21-1 X i7'0 mm. 



Habits. Those of the species. 



(ISO) Turdoides griseus griseus. 

 The White-headed Babbler. 



Turdus f/riseus GmeL, Syst. Nat., i, p. 824 (1788) (Cavnatic). 

 Crate ropur, f/riaens. JBlanf. & Gates, i, p. 112. 



Vernacular names. Khyr (Hindi) ; Chinda or Sida and Kalli- 

 Karavi (Tel.). 



Description. Whole upper part of head dingy greyish white ; 

 cheeks and ear-coverts brown; upper plumage ashy-brown, the 

 feathers of the back with white shaft-stripes and a black streak 

 on either web ; quills black, narrowly edged on the outei- webs 

 with ashy ; tail ashy-brown on the basal and dark brown on the 

 terminal half, which is tipped with whitish ; tail and inner 

 secondaries cross-rayed \vith blackish; chin, throat and breast 

 dull blackish, the feathers edged ashy ; middle of abdomen 

 fulvous; remainder of lower plumage brown. 



The colour of the head varies greatly ; in some specimens, 

 obviously young, the head hardly differs from the back, and it 

 varies from this colour to a dirty or creamy white. 



Here and there very pale individuals are met with which have 

 a strong erythristic tendency both above and below, two such from 

 Travancore having bright rust-red patches on the back and breast ; 



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