CHATARRHEA- 133 



Malaeocircus terricolor, llodgs. J. A. S. B. 18:jG, 77] ; Jerd.B. 



IiirL ii. p. 59, No. 432 ; Murray, Ildbk., Zool, S)'c., Sind, p. 142. Mala- 

 eocircus bengalensis, Bhitli, Cat. of B. p. 140. Tnrdus canorus, Linn. 

 Sijst. Nat. i. p. 21)3 ; ' Pi\ Bp. Consp. Av. p. 373.— The Bengal 

 Babbler. 



Head and liind neck pale asliy ; upper back ashy or grey brown, the 

 feathers pale shafted ; feathers of the lower back and rump greyish 

 brown, and very lax ; outer webs of primaries pale grey; inner webs 

 dusky; tertiaries dusky, the feathers with indistinct daTker cross bars ; 

 tail reddish ash or brown, the lateral feathers dusky brown, with faint 

 bars, and the external ones tipped with whitish ; chin and throat ashy, 

 the feathers edged and shafted lighter; breast fulvous brown, also with 

 lighter edges and shafts ; abdomen, vent and under tail-coverts 

 buffy white, paler and almost white on the under tail-coverts ; bill 

 yellowish brown ; irides pale yellow ; legs pale yellow. 



Length.' — 9 to 10 inches, wing 4'25, tail 4*5, bill at front 0'75. 



Hah. — India generally, extending to Nepaul. Common in the Punjab, 

 N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Central India, Bengal, Sind, and on the Western 

 Coast, in Kutch and Kattiawar. Recorded from Aboo, North Guzerat 

 and Jodhpore. In Sind it is a resident, and breeds from April to July. 



Malaeocircus malcolmi, SyJi-es ; Fraser, Zool. typ. pi. Garrulus 

 albifrons. Gray, Hardiv. III. Lid. Zool. 2. f. 1. — The Large Grey 

 Babbler. 



Forehead pale bluish, the feathers white shafted ; a dusky streak 

 from the nostrils to the eye ; ear -coverts brownish grey, the feathers 

 white shafted and lax ; crown of head, hind neck and back brownish 

 grey, with dark mesial streaks to the feathers ; rump lighter ; 

 primaries edged pale grey, on the outer web ; the inner webs dusky 

 brown ; secondaries dusky brown ; tertiaries and wing-coverts conco- 

 lorous with the back, or greyer in some specimens ; tail, with the central 

 feathers, dusky brown, with numerous faint cross bars, the next two 

 on each side lighter, and the rest fulvescent white ; under surface of 

 body fulvescent white, darker or rufescent on the chin, throat and 

 breast; under wing-coverts silky buff; bill horny brown j legs yellow- 

 ish ; irides light yellow. 



Length. — 11 inches, wing 4*5 to 4*75, bill at front 0'75 to nearly one. 



Hab. — India, Western and Southern Presidencies ; does not extend 

 beyond Sind. Usually found associated with M. terricolor at Larkhana 

 and Sehwan. Kare in Lower Sind. Rather numerous in the Coucau 

 and Deccan, Kutch, Kattiawar, Jodhpore and North Guzerat. 



Gen. Chatarrhea. — Bhjth. 



Bill rather longer, slender and more curved than in Malaeocircus. 



Chatarrhea caudata, Bum. ; Jerd. B. Lid. ii, p. 67, No. 438 ; 

 Hume, Sir. F. vol. i. p. 180; Murray, Hdblc., Zool., ^c, Sind, p. 142. 

 Chatarrhea huttoni, Blijth, J. A. 'S. B. 1847, xvi. p. 476.— The 

 Striated Bush Babbler. 



