194 TIMALIIDA. 
a third from Mysore and yet another from the Wynaad show 
similar but less red markings. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris creamy or yellowish white; orbital 
skin, bill, legs and feet yellowish white to almost chrome-yellow. 
Measurements. Length about 230 to 235 mm.; wing about 
98 to 104 mm.; tail about 100 mm.; tarsus about 32 mm. ; culmen 
about 17 mm. 
Distribution. Southern India up to a line from Ellore, Secun- 
derabad and Belgaum. 
Nidification. Breeds all over South India in the plains and 
lower hills up to some 2,000 feet, having two broods, the first in 
April to June and the second in September to November, odd 
birds laying at other times throughout the year. Nest and eggs 
are typical of the genus, the latter numbering three or four, whilst 
sixty eggs average 24-0 x 18°8 mm. 
Habits. Those of the genus. 
(187) Turdoides griseus striatus. 
Tur Cryton BaBBLeEr. 
Malacocercus striatus Swains., Zool. Il., p. 127 (1851) (Ceylon). 
Crateropus griseus. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 112. 
Vernacular names. Demelitcha (Ceylon); Punil (Tam.). 
Description. The Ceylon Babbler differs from 7’. g. griseus in 
having the head concolorous with the back; the dark and light 
streaks to the back are less well-defined. 
Colours of soft parts as in the White-headed Babbler. 
Measurements. Wing about 110 mm. 
Distribution. Ceylon only. Individuals are obtained in South 
India which approach this race in colour, but they are all, possibly, 
young birds and should be referred to the former rather than to 
the present race. 
Nidification. This Babbler breeds in great numbers in parts of 
Ceylon, laying normally three eggs, often only two and very 
rarely four. Neither nest nor eggs can be distinguished from those 
of 7. g. griseus, and a fine series of fifty eges collected for me by 
Messrs. W. E. Wait and W. W. A. Phillips average 23°8 x 
18-4 mm. 
Habits. Those of the genus. 
(188) Turdoides somervillei. 
Tut Bombay BapBBuer. 
Timalia somervillei Sykes, P. Z.S., 1852, p. 88 (Bombay). 
Crateropus somervilliz. Blanf, & Oates, i, p. 118. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Forehead, crown and nape dark brown, the feathers 
