TURDOIDES. 191 



'. Ear-coverts blackish and darker 



than the rest of the head T. griseus yriseus, p. 193. 



l> '. Ear-coverts same as the rest of 



the head T. g. striatus, p. 194. 



e. Tail rufous ; primaries without pale 



edges, 

 c'. Throat and breast mottled with 



brown , T. somervillei, p. 194. 



C. Throat and breast uniformly rufous. . T. rufescens, p. 195. 



D, Throat pale rufous, breast dark rufous. T. cinereifrons, p. 196. 



(183) Turdoides terricolor terricolor. 

 THE BENGAL JUNGLE-BABBLEB. 



Pastor terricolor Hodgs., J. A. S. B., v, p. 771 (1836) (Nepal). 

 Crateropus canorus. Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 110. 



Vernacular names. Ohatarhia(Eeng.}- Peng ya-maina (Hind, in 

 the U.P.) ; Sat Bhai, Jangli-Jchyr, Ghonghai (Hind.) ; Pedda-Sida 

 (Tel.) ; Kutch-batchia (Behar). 



Description. Upper plumage, coverts aud inner secondaries 

 pale brown, cinereous on the head and rump, slightly fulvous on 



Fig. 31. Head of T. t. terricolor. 



the upper tail-coverts, the back with dark brown streaks and 

 whitish shaft-stripes ; tail brown, paler towards the base and 

 darker towards the end, which is tipped with white and cross-rayed ; 

 wings dark brown, edged with ashy on the outer webs ; lores 

 whitish with a narrow black line above them ; sides of the head 

 like the crown ; chin and throat cinereous, faintly cross-barred 

 darker; breast fulvous ashy with whitish shafts; abdomen, vent 

 and under tail-coverts fulvous ; the sides tinged with brown and 

 with faint white shafts. 



Colours of soft parts. Iris white, yellowish white or creamy 

 white ; orbital skin pale yellow ; legs and claws yellow, chrome- 

 yellow, fleshy-yellow or yellowish white ; bill chrome-yellow, 

 yellowish white, dirty whitish or, rarely, pale horny-yellow. 



Measurements. Length 250 to 260 mm. ; wing 103 to 110 mm. ; 

 tail 108 to 115 mm.; tarsus about 32 to 34 mm. ; culmen about 

 25 to 26 mm. 



Distribution. Northern India from the U.P., Eastern Eajpu- 



