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rust-red ; chin and throat black ; chest crossed l)y a band of rich 

 rust-red : centre of abdomen white. 



Total length, 8 5 in. ; bill, 1 in. ; wing, 4 in. ; tail, '1"25 in. ; 

 tarsus. 1 in. — (touUI. 

 Hab.: 3, 7- 



216. C, Iliarginatlim, Sharpe, Northern or Black-vented Babbling- 

 Thrush (Ground-Thrush). 



Similar to last species, but under tail coverts are black, margined 

 with white, and washed with brown near base ; breast band also is 

 paler and more cinnamon-rufous, as are likewise flanks. 

 Hab. : 8. 



Gencs-PYCNOPTILUS.— Tail quills very much graduated. 



•217. P. fl0CC0811S, Gld., Pilot-bird. 



(General colour above dark chocolate-brown ; throat and breast 

 rufescent ochre and mottled dusky ; abdomen white ; under tail 

 coverts bright chestnut. 



Total length, 6 in. ; culmen, 0'65 in. ; wing, 2 '8 in. ; tail, 2 "8 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 "05 in. 

 Hab. : 4. 



Genus— DRYMAffiDUS.— Wing much graduated, third and fourth quills 



nearly equal. 



218. D. brmilieopygillS, Gld. (Drymodesbrunneopygla), Scrub-Robin. 



Brownish ; upper tail coverts rufous-brown ; upper wiug coverts 

 brown, tipped with ashy whitish ; a small black spot above and 

 below eye. 



Hab. : 6, 7, (9). 



219. D. l>alli<lllS, Sharpe, Pale Scrub-Robin. 



The supposed western variety of D. brunneopygius, Gld. 

 Underneath butfy-white, a little browner on the sides of the breast 

 and flanks. 



Hab. : 9. 



220. D. Slipcrciliaris, Gld., Eastern Scrub-Robin. 



Upper surface reddish-brown ; under surface fawn : upper wing 

 coverts black, broadly tipped with white ; a distinct black spot 

 above eye, as well as a vertical black streak across fore part of ear 

 coverts. 



Hab. : 1, 2. 



Genus — HYLACOLA. — Bill compressed, equally broad and high at base; 

 culmen gradually declining from base to tip, slightly notched at 

 apex ; rictus beset with a few fine hairs ; nostrils basal, oblong ; 

 wings short, round, and concave ; first, second, and third primaries 

 graduated ; fourth, fifth, and sixth equal and longe-st ; tail rather 

 long and round ; lateral toes equal. 



221. H. pyrrliopygia, Vig. and Hors., Chestnut-rumped Ground-Wren. 



General colour above russet-brown ; upper tail coverts light chest- 

 nut ; wing coverts like back, the median and greater tipped with 

 whitish ; quills brown ; tail feather.s light reddish-brown, all but 

 two centre feathers with distinct black bar and ends ashy-brown : 

 lores and a narrow eyebrow whitish ; under surface of body dull 

 whitish, thickly spotted with dusky brown on throat, breast, and 

 sides of body ; under tail coverts bright chestnut, with white tips. 



Total length, 5'25 in. : bill, O'Cin. ; wing, 21 in. ; tail, 2o in. 

 Hab. : 3, 6, 7, 9. 



222. H. cauta Gld., Red-rumped Ground-Wren (Cautious Hylacola). 



As compared with last species, the markings are much bolder on 

 under surface, and chestnut-coloured mark on rump is of a much 

 deeper tint. 



