92 TIMELIID/E. 



Gen. Argya. Lesson. 



Bill shorter than the tarsus, much compressed, slightly curving from the 

 base, and barely hooked at the tip; commissure slighty curved; nostrils 

 apert ; its operculum stout and swollen ; a few pale short rictal setae ; wings 

 short, not so much rounded as in Gampsorhynchus ; 4th, 5th, and 6th quills 

 nearly equal and longest ; tail moderately long and broad ; tarsus stout and 

 scutellate ; claws curved. 



532. Argya SUbrufa ( Jerd), Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 390. 

 Timalia subrufa, Jerd. Madr. Journ. x. p. 239. Malacocercus subrufus, 

 Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 369. Layardia subrufa, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiv. 

 p. 478; JerdoHy B. Ind. ii. p. 66; Fairbznk, Str. F. 1876, p. 258 ; Rume> 

 Str. F. 1879, p. 97. The RUFOUS BABBLER. 



Above, including the wing coverts, olive brown ; forehead hoary grey ; lores 

 and feathers round the eye duslcy grey; ear-cover ts olive brown; cheeks dull 

 rufous ; throat and remainder of under surface of the body bright rufous '> 

 the lower throat and breast with blackish hair-like shaft streaks ; primaries and 

 their coverts brown, paler on the outer web; the secondaries olive brown 

 externally ; tail feathers olive brown, barred with numerous dusky lines, more 

 strongly so -on the centre feathers. Bill dusky above, yellow beneath ; legs 

 dull yellow ; irides light yellow. 



Length. 9 inches; wing 3-5 1037; tail 4-4 to 4-5; oilmen 0-9; tarsus 

 1-35- 



Hab. Southern India, along the crests of the Western Ghauts from the 

 Southern Mahratta Country to Coorg, the Wynaad and Malabar. According 

 to Jerdon it frequents thick jungle, and feeds on the ground in parties of 

 eight or ten. 



533. Argya hyperythra, Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 390. 



Malacocercus subrufus, Horsf. and Moore, Cat. B. E. I. Co. Mus. i. App. 

 p. 420, No. 31$ (nee. Jerd). The RUFOUS-BACKED BABBLER. 



Similar to A. subrufa, except that the upper parts are reddish brown instead 

 of olive brown, darker and more decided chestnut on the upper tail coverts and 

 tail; cheeks and under surface of the body bright chestnut; forehead ashy, 

 the feathers with black shaft streaks; ear-coverts like the head. Bill and legs 

 as in subrufa. 



Length. 9-8 to 10 inches ; wing 3*4 to 3-5 ; tail 4-3 ; culmen O'85 ; tarsus 

 1-35- 

 Hab. Madras. 



534. Argya Earlii (Blyth\ Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 392. 

 Malacocercus Earlii, Blyih, J. A. S. ^.xiii. p. 369; Jm/. III. Ind. Orn. (text 

 to pi. 19). Chatorhaea Earlii, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiv. p. 478 ; Blanf. Ibis, 



