48 TIMELIID^E. 



Hab. South Tenasserim down the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra. Gates 

 says it is a rare straggler into the extreme southern portion of Tenasserim, 

 where Mr- Davison got only one specimen, and who is quoted by Gates as to 

 its being a bird of rather shy habits and on being disturbed retreats to dense 

 cover in the forest. 



Gen. SpiziXUS. Blyth. 



'Bill short and thick, nearly as high as long-, nostrils hidden by dense 

 plumes ; rictal bristles well developed ; laid forward it nearly reaches the first 

 fourth of the bill, which is distinctly notched. Head crested. 



471- Spizixus canifrons, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 571; xx. 



p. 520; Godw.-Aust., J. A. S. B. 1870, vol. xxxix. p. 106; Blyth, Ibis, 

 1872, p. 90; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vi. p. 172. The FINCH-BILLED 

 BULBUL. 



Head strongly crested, the crown black, the nape slightly washed with 

 grey ; forehead ashy grey ; ear coverts light brown ; cheeks blackish, streaked 

 with hoary grey ; throat chocolate brown varied with hoary grey tips to the 

 chin feathers ; rest of under surface of body light olive greenish ; brighter 

 down the centre of the body and on the under tail coverts ; under wing coverts 

 and axillaries very pale yellowish, brighter olive yellow on the edge of the 

 wing ; upper surface of body dark olive yellow, yellower on the lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail coverts ; tail feathers dull olive yellow, browner on the 

 inner web and having a broad terminal band of blackish brown ; wing coverts 

 like the back ; quills dark brown, externally olive yellow, thighs like the flanks. 

 (Sharpe.) 



Length. 8 inches ; wing 3-65 ; tail 37; tarsus 6'8 ; culmen 0*65. 



Hal. The Khasia Hills and Sylhet. The British Museum has a specimen 

 from Chera Punji also. 



Sub-family II. TROGLODYTIN.E. 



In this large sub-family of Timeline birds, we have only three genera 

 inhabiting India, viz., Anorthura, Pnoepyga, and Cinclus, and these comprise 

 in all six species, all inhabitants of the Himalayan range of hills. In their 

 habits and in their form Sharpe states that they (the wrens) are essentially 

 Timeliinse. The group consists of birds which do not migrate, or if they do, 

 do not go far. They have strong legs, concave and round wings, and a short 

 or rudimentary tail. They live in moist places, and build domed nests. 



Gen. UrOCichla. Sharpe. 



Bill short, straight, somewhat depressed at the base ; rictals smooth ; wings 

 short, rounded, and as long as or a very little longer than the tail ; tarsus 

 longer than the culmen, stout and strong. Nostrils linear and closed by an 

 overhanging membrane; tail more than one-third the length of the bird. 



