129 



Fig. 35. Timelia pileata. 



Subfamily TIMELIIN^l. 



The second subfamily of the Crateropodidce comprises a number 

 of small birds which have close affinities for each other. 



The Timeliince agree in being solitary in their habits, or rather 

 they are less gregarious than the Crateropodince. Some of them are 

 said to go about in small flocks, but this is by no means a general 

 or usual character with them. They are above all things skulkers, 

 frequenting the ground or underwood, and being seldom found 

 many feet above the ground. They are not remarkably noisy, and 

 they evade observation to the best of their power. 



All the Timeliince lay spotted eggs, so far as is known, except 

 StacliyrJiis, the birds of which genus have their eggs unspotted 

 white. The removal of these into the Crateropodince hereafter may 



VOL. i. K 



