348 TIMELIID/E. 



Length 6*5 to 7 inches ; tail 30; wing 3-5 ; tarsus 0-9; culmen 07$. The 

 males are larger than the females, the wing of the latter being only 3-2 to 3-25 



jjab. Southern Tenasserim to Sumatra and Borneo. Davison says it does 

 not descend to the ground as far as his observations go. The species goes 

 about in pairs or small parties ; food insects. 



Gen. MlXOrniS. Hodgs. 



Bill moderately long and compressed, broader than high at nostrils, which 

 are ovoid ; wings moderate, rounded, generally the first four quills graduated, 

 the 5th and 6th subequal and longest ; tail moderate ; tarsus short. 



621. Mixornis gularis (Raffl.\ Biyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. 



Beng. p. 149; W aid., Ibis, 1872, p. 376; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. 1878, 

 p. 266; Hume, Sir. F, 1879, pp. 60, 95; Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 51; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 576. Motacilla gularis, Raffi., Trans. 

 Lin. Socy. xiii. p. 312; Walden, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 547. Mixornis Sumatrana, 

 Bp. Consp. i. p. 266. Mixornis similis, Blyth, Ibis, 1865, p. 47. The 

 SUMATRAN YELLOW-BREASTED TREE-BABBLER. 



Above reddish brown ; the head and sides of the neck deep chestnut, also 

 the upper tail coverts ; lores and frontal plumes dusky lead colour, the ear 

 coverts also dusky, with a distinct wash of reddish brown ; a pale yellow line 

 from the nostrils over the eye ; wing coverts chestnut ; quills sepia brown, the 

 margins chestnut, and the inner secondaries entirely chestnut like the back ; 

 tail chestnut ; under surface of body bright yellow, cheeks also yellow ; the 

 throat and f oreneck yellow, broadly streaked with black ; sides of the body 

 and under tail coverts greenish ; under wing coverts yellow, with a few dusky 

 markings. Bill bluish slate colour ; legs greenish ; iris brown. 



Length. 5'3 inches ; wing 2*35 to 2*4; tail 2*4; tarsus O'7 ; culmen 0*55. 



Hab, Tenasserim, in the southern division to the Malayan peninsula and 

 Sumatra. It frequents tree and bush jungle, and is generally seen in 

 pairs, 



622. Mixornis rubricapilla (Tickell), Horsf. and Moore, Cat. B. 

 Mus. E. 1. Co. i. p. 229; Jerd. t B. Ind. ii. p. 23; Wald., P. Z. S. 1866, 

 p. 547; Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 170; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 3; Wald., Ibis, 1872, 

 p. 376; Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 1 18 ; Ball, Sir. F. 1874, p. 409; Hume, t.c. 

 p. 476 ; id., Nests and Eggs, Ind. B. p. 245 ; Anders. Zool. Eocp. Yunnan, p. 635 ; 

 Hume and Dav., Str. F. 1878, i. p. 266; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 95 ; Oates, 

 B. Br. Burm. i. p 50; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 578. Motacilla 

 rubricapilla, Tick., J. A. S. B. 1833, p. 576. The YELLOW-BREASTED TREE- 

 BABBLER. 



