230 TIMALIID ©, 
and again in June and July, but in S. India it appears to breed 
principally in the two latter months. It is found from the level 
of the plains up to at least 3,000 feet, making a little ball-shaped 
nest of grass about 4 to 5 inches in diameter and without any 
lining. It may be placed on any kind of grass, weed or scrub- 
jungle, the first being the favourite and either on the ground or, 
more often, wedged in amongst thorns and grass. The full 
clutch is either three or four and the eggs are miniatures of those 
of Zimalia and hardly distinguishable from those of the last bird. 
Fifty eggs average 17:8 x 13°5 mm. 
Habits. The White-throated Babbler may be found in almost 
any kind of cover other than actual forest. Like the last bird, it 
associates in small parties, which feed either on the ground or 
low down in the bushes and grass, skulking about much in the 
same way as Z'urdoides and Argya, constantly uttering a low 
chattering call with an occasional louder whistle or chirp. Like 
the others of the genus, they are almost entirely insectivorons, 
and are peculiarly fond of ants and termites. ‘Cheir flight is weak 
and ill-controlled. 
(231) Dumetia albigularis abuensis. 
THE Mount Apu BABBrer. 
Dumetia albigularis abuensis Harington, J. B. N. H.S., xxiii, p. 429 
(1915) (Mt. Abu). 
Vernacular names. Pundi jitta (Tel.). 
Description. Differs from the last bird in having the whole 
crown chestnut and the under parts much darker. 
Colours of soft parts as in the last, but the iris dark brown. 
Measurements the same as in the last. 
Distribution. The country round Mt. Abu, Deesa, and down to 
Mahabaleshwar. 
Nidification and Habits as in Dumetia a, albigularis. Three 
eggs taken by Lieut. H. E. Barnes in Deesa measure about 
17°6 x 14:0 mm. 
Genus GAMPSORHYNCHUS Blyth, 1844. 
This genus contains but one species, races of which are found 
from Sikkim to the Malay Peninsula. 
They are birds of rufous or golden-brown plumage with white 
heads and breasts, but the young differ from the adults in having 
the white replaced with the colour of the upper parts, a feature in 
which they differ from nearly all the other Zimaliide. 
The tail is longer than the wing and much graduated, the outer 
feathers being less than two-thirds the length of the central pairs. 
The bill is about half the length of the head and very Shrike-lke in 
appearance ; the rictal bristles are very long. The tarsus is typi- 
eally stout, but rather short in comparison to the size of the bird. 
