142 TIMELI1D/E. 



Length. 6 to 7 inches; wing 3 to 3-35 ; tail 2'6 to 3 ; tarsus o 9; culmen 

 075. Females are smaller, the wing being 2-9 against 3*35 of ihe male. 



II ab. Malayan peninsula, extending into Southern Tenasserim and 

 Cochin-China. It is recorded from Malacca and Sumatra. Davison found it in 

 the extreme south of Tenasserim, where he says it is usually found in small 

 parties hunting about the brushwood and tops of the smaller trees for insects. 

 He adds that it does not descend to the ground. 



Gen. ErythrOCichla- Sharpe. 



General characters as in Turdinus, the, first primary very large, more than 

 half the length of the longest quills; rictal bristles large and very strong, 

 reaching to two-thirds of the length of the bill. Culmen shorter than the 

 tarsus. 



612. ErythrOCichla biCOlor (Less.), Sharpe Cat. B. Br. Mas. vii. 

 p. 551. Brachypteryx bicolor, Less., Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 138. Malacopteron 

 ferruginosum, Blyth, J . A. S. B. xiii. p. 383 ; Salvad, Ucc. Born. p. 228 ; 

 Hume and Dav.. Sir. F. 1878, p. 58 ; Hume, Sir. F. 1879, P- 9 6 - Trichas- 

 toma bicolor, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 147; Bp. Consp. i. p. 259; 

 Hume, S/r. F. 1874, p. 536. Napothera rubicauda, Bp. Consp. i. p. 359. 

 Trichastoma ferruginosum, Blyth, Ibis, 1865, p. 47; Gates* B. Br. Burm. 

 p. 58. The FERRUGINOUS THRUSH-BABBLER. 



Whole upper plumage ferruginous, the inner webs of the wing quills brown ; 

 the forehead and crown with light shaft lines, the upper tail coverts and tail 

 bright ferruginous or chestnut ; a narrow band of silky white plumes 

 nearly concealed by the long feathers of the rump ; lores and feathers 

 round the eye buffy white ; ear coverts pale brown ; cheeks, throat and under 

 surface of body white, the foreneck and breast with a fulvous tint ; thighs 

 tawny ; under tail coverts very pale buff ; wing coverts and axillarics the 

 same ; upper mandible dirty white ; lower mandible dark brown ; legs and 

 feet fleshy white ; iris pale wood brown. 



Length. 6-3 to 6'5 inches ; wing 2-95 to 3 ; tail 2-35 to 2-65 ; tarsus o'l ; 

 culmen o'8. 



Hab. From South Tenasserim down the Malayan peninsula to Sumatra 

 and Borneo. It has occurred only in the extreme south of Tenasserim at 

 Malewoon and on the Pakchan, where it is said to be rare. According to 

 Davison, it keeps habitually on the ground, only flying up into the bushes and 

 trees when disturbed. It inhabits dense forests. 



Gen. Drymocataphus. 



General characters as in Erylhrocichla ; bill moderately stout, but some- 

 what shorter ; nostrils nearly concealed ; rictal bristles very small, not reaching 

 beyond the nostrils ; wing rounded, longer than the tail in length, the inner 

 secondaries about equal in length to the primaries ; culmen much shorter than 

 the tarsus. 



