IANTHOCINCLA. 



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528. Acanthoptila nipalensis (AW^.), Biyth, J. A. s. . xxiv. 



p. 478 ; Jerd. B. 2nd. ii. p. 57, No. 43; Hume, Str. F. vii. p. 459; id. 

 Sir. F. 1879, p. 97; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 380. Timalia 

 nipalensis, Hodgs. As. Res. xix. p. 182. Timalia pellotis, Hodgs. As. Res. xix. 

 p. 182. Malacocercus nipalensis, Blyfh, J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 370. Mala- 

 cocercus pellotis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 370 ; Hume, Sir. F. vii. p. 461 ; 

 id. S'fr. F. 1879, p. 97. The SPINY BABBLER. 



Above olive brown, the feathers of the head and mantle with stiffened black 

 shafts ; lores, eyebrow, sides of face and throat white ; ear coverts white, 

 with longitudinal brown streaks ; upper wing coverts like the back ; quills 

 brown, margined on the outer web with olivaceous brown ; tail also brown, 

 margined at the base with olivaceous and with indistinct dusky cross bars 

 under certain lights ; chin, throat, neck and upper breast rufescent ; lower 

 breast, belly and vent albescent, the feathers on the lower surface with dark 

 shaft streaks ; flanks, thighs and under tail coverts brown, margined with 

 ochraceous ; under wing coverts dark brown, the lower series tinged with 

 rufous. Bill and legs plumbeous or horny brown ; irides pale yellow. (Jerd.) 

 Hoary blue. (Hodgs.) 



Length. 9 to IO inches; wing 3-3; tail 4-2 to 4*4; tarsus 1*25; cul- 

 men roj. 



Hab. Nepaul and Eastern Kumaon. Rare, according to Jerdon. 



Bill of lanthoclncla ocellata. 



Gen. lanthocinela. Gould. 



Bill moderately long and stout, and exceeding the hind-toe and claw in 

 length; the tip, slightly hooked and notched; nostrils nearly hidden by 

 nareal tufts, rounded, and exposed in front ; bristles long, the longest above 

 f rds the length of the bill ; wings moderate, rather shorter than in Garrulax ; 

 tail long. 

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