228 TIMALIIDvE. 



eggs also resemble those of the western form, but measure about 

 18-7 X 14-9 mm. 



Habits. Do not differ from those of the last bird. Harington 

 states that he only found the bird in (himp low-lying places in 

 Upper Burma, whilst Oates speaks of its frequenting gardens 

 in Lower Burma. 



Genus DUMETIA Bl.yth, 1849. 



This genus, which contains two common species, resembles 

 2'imalla very closely in structure, espeL-iallj in the stifFuess of 

 the feathers of the forehend and crown. The essential difference 

 between the two genera is that in Dmnetia tlie bill is much 

 smaller, more slender and of a pale colour, whereas in Timalia 

 it is larger, deeper and black. 



Keii to Species and Subspecies. 



A. Chin and throat riifons D. hyperythra, p. 228. 



B. Chin and throat white. [p. 229. 



a. Forehead only pale rnfous D. albigularis alhiynlaris, 



b. Wliole crown rufous with pale shafts . D. a. abiiensis, p. 230. 



(229) Dumetia hyperythra. 



The E.UFOUS-BELLIED Babbler. 



Timalia hyperythra Frankl., P. Z. S., 1831, p. 118 (Ganges near 



Benare.'*). 

 Dumetia hyperythra. Blauf. & Oates, i, p. 133. 



Vernacular names. None i-ecorded. 



Description. Forehead and anterior half of crown reddish 

 brown, the feathers of the former rigid and pointed, with large 

 fulvous streaks and with the shafts black when viewed in certain 

 lights ; feathers round the eye white ; upper plumage, tail and 

 exposed wing olive-brown, the tail cross-rayed ; cheeks fulvous 

 with jiale shafts ; ear-coverts like the upper ])iuuuvge but paler 

 and with still paler shafts ; entire lower plumage pale fulvous. 



Colours of soft parts. Iris liglit to dark brown ; bill pale horny 

 or pale livid brown ; legs pale fleshy-white to Heshy-grey. 



Measurements. Total length about 135 to 145 mm. ; wing 53 to 

 56 mm.: tail about 65 mm.; tarsus about 18 to 20 mm.; culmen 

 about 12 to 13 mm. 



Distribution. This little Babbler is found South as far as 

 Kliandula on the West and the Godaveri Valle}' on the East. 

 Thence it is found throughout the Central Provinces, Central 

 India, Chota Nagpur, the dry western portions of Bengal, Orissa 

 and Behar, and thence to the Lower Himalayas from Sikkini to 

 Kumaon. To the West it occurs as far as longitude 75°. 



