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Fig. 39.—Timalia p. bengalensis, 
(227) Timalia pileata bengalensis. 
Tur Bencat Rep-caPPpED BaBBLER. 
Timalia bengalensis, Godw.-Aust., J. A. 8. B., xli, 2, p. 148 (1872) 
(Khasia Hills). 
Timelia pileata. Blanf, & Oates, i, p. 132. 
Vernacular names. Dao-maogasha gashim (Cachari); Jngéto 
(Kacha Naga); Vongnavi (Mikir). 
Description. Iorehead and short supercilium white; crown 
deep rufous ; ear-coverts white in front and ashy behind; upper 
plumage and exposed part of wings olive-brown tinged with 
fulvous, the mantle suffused with ashy and with blackish shafts; 
tail brown, strongly cross-rayed ; cheeks, chin and throat white ; 
breast white with black shaft-lines; sides of neck deep grey, 
running on to sides of breast ; remainder of lower parts fulvous 
or dull buff. 
