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16, &c. Pomatorhinus exclusively insectivorous. Jerd. B. I., 



II, 28. 



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TIMELIIN^E. 

 BABBLERS, SHRIKES, TITS, AND SPOTTED-BABBLERS. 



They are mostly social, or even gregarious : they are a good 

 deal on the ground, on which they hop vigorously, or climb with 

 facility through tangled thickets and reeds, and their food is both 

 insects, fruits and grain. Jerd. B. I., II, 1. 



Solitary in their habits or rather are less gregarious than the 

 Crateropodinse. Some of them are said to go about in flocks, but 

 this by no means a general or usual character with them : they are 

 above all things skulkers frequenting the ground or underwood, 

 and being seldom found many feet above ground. F. I., I, 129. 



Timelines. Babbling-Thrushes. Chiefly on ground. Their 

 food is both insects, fruits and grain. Jerd., B. I., II, 1. 



136. Dumetia albigularis. Small White-throated Babbler. 

 Insects almost exclusively. Jerd. B. I., II, 27. 



137. Gampsorhynchus rufulus. White-headed Shrike-Babbler. 

 Grasshoppers and other insects. Jerd. B. I., II, 14. 



139. Pyctorhis sinensis. Yellow-eyed Babbler. Mostly on 

 insects, often on ants and small Coleoptera. Jerd. B. I., II, 16. 



144. Pellorneum ruficeps. Spotted Babbler. Fond of thick 

 jungle in which it wanders about like a lark, and turns over leaves 

 in search of moths several of which I saw captured. B. N. H. S. J., 

 XV, 347. Various insects. Jerd. B. I., II, 27. 



155. Gypsophila crispifrons. Limerock Babbler. Feeds prin- 

 cipally on insects and land shells. F. I., I, 150. 



163. Alcippe nepalensis. Nepal Babbler. Chiefly insects. Jerd. 

 B. I., II, 18. 



164. A. phceocephala.Nilgm Babbler. Chiefly insects 

 Jerd. B. I,, II, 19, 



