228 ‘ TIMALIID A. 
eggs also resemble those of the western form, but measure about 
18° 7<14°9 mm. 
Habits. Do not differ from those of the last bird. Harington 
states that he only found the bird in damp low-lying places in 
Upper Burma, whilst Oates speaks of its frequenting gardens 
in Lower Burma. | . 
Genus DUMETIA Blyth, 1849. 
This genus, which contains two common species, resembles 
Timalia very closely in structure, especially in the stiffness of 
the feathers of the forehead and crown. ‘The essential difference 
between the two genera is that in Dumetia the bill is much 
smaller, more slender and of a pale colour, whereas in Z%imalia 
it is larger, deeper and black. 
Key to Species and Subspecies. 
Ae (Chin and throat rufoug..../6eG = D. hyperythra, p. 228. 
3. Chin and throat white. [p. 229. 
a. Forehead only pale rufous .......... D. albigularis albigularis, 
6. Whole crown rufous with pale shafts. D. a. abuensis, p. 230. 
(229) Dumetia hyperythra. 
Tur Rurous-BELLIED BABBLER. 
Timalia hyperythra Frankl., P. Z.S., 1831, p. 118 (Ganges near 
Benares). 
Dumetia hyperythra, Blanf. & Oates, i, p. i383. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
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 pale shafts; ear-coverts like the upper plumage but paler 
and with still paler shafts; entire lower plumage pale fulvous. 
Colours of soft parts. Lris light to dark brown; bill pale horny 
or pale livid brown; legs pale fleshy-white to fleshy-grey. 
Measurements. ‘T'otal 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 
Khandala on the West and the Godaveri Valley 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 Himal: ayas from ‘Sikkim to 
Kumaon. To the West it occurs as far as longitude 75°. 
