TURDOIDES. 191 
a’, Ear-coverts blackish and darker 
than the rest of the head...... T. griseus griseus, p. 193. 
b'. Kar-coverts same as the rest of 
theead sects. canta T. g. striatus, p. 194. 
e. Tail rufous; primaries without pale 
edges. 
c'. Throat and breast mottled with 
brown..... cin bop eC eO On ere T. somerville?, p. 194. 
C. Throat and breast uniformly rufous.. 7. rwfescens, p. 195. 
D. Throat pale rufous, breast darkrufous. 7". cinereifrons, p. 196. 
(183) Turdoides terricolor terricolor. 
Tun BencaLt JUNGLE-BABBLER. 
Pastor terricolor Hodgs., J. A. 8. B., v, p. 771 (1836) (Nepal). 
Crateropus canorus. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 110. 
Vernacular names. Chatarhia (Beng.); Pengya-maina (Hind. in 
the U.P.) ; Sat Bhat, Jangli-khyr, Ghonghai (Hind.); Pedda-Sida 
(Tel.) ; Autch-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, ¢. terricolor. 
the upper tail-coverts, the back with dark brown streaks and 
whitish shaft-stripes; 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, 
vellowish 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 Rajpu- 
