PELLOBNEUM. 143 



plumage light fulvous, the breast and sides of the body streaked 

 with dark brown ; centre of the abdomen whitish ; under tail- 

 coverts fulvous with large central brown marks. 



Iris red ; upper mandible dark brown, lower yellow at base, 

 changing to light brown at tip ; mouth flesh-colour ; eyelids green- 

 ish ; tegs light brownish yellow ; claws flesh-colour. 



Length about 6-5 : tail 2'7 ; wing 2'6 ; tarsus 1 ; bill from 

 gape -8. 



Distribution. Pegu and Tenasseriin, alike in the plains and in 

 the lower hills. This bird extends down the Malay peninsula. 

 At Thayetmyo and in the extreme northern portion of Pegu it 

 appears to be replaced by P. minus. 



Habits, &fc. Breeds from March to June, constructing a small 

 domed nest of leaves and grass on the ground, generally under 

 shelter of a bush, and laying three eggs which are whitish, very 

 thickly speckled with reddish brown and purple ; they measure '82 

 by -62. 



146. Pellorneum palustre. The Marsh Spotted Babbler. 



Pellorneum palustre, Jerd., Gould, Birds Asia, iii, pi. 65 (1872); 

 Hume, S. F. i, p. 4 (1873) ; Godw.-Amt. J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, 

 p. 142; Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 300 ; Blanf. Ibis, 1873, p. 215 ; Hume, 

 Cat. no. 399 quat. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 522 ; Hume, S. F. 

 xi, p. 146. 



Coloration. Upper plumage olive-brown, the forehead tinged 

 with bright rufous produced back over the lores ; tail and the 

 outer webs of the wing-feathers rufous ; lores white ; cheeks white 

 barred with brown ; ear-coverts rufous, with paler shafts and 

 mottled with brown ; chin, throat, and a broad line down the 

 centre of the breast and abdomen white ; the remaining lower 

 plumage rich ochraceous buff ; the whole breast and the sides of 

 the body with long, broad, distinct dark brown streaks; under 

 tail-coverts rich ochraceous. 



The colour of the bill, iris, &c. does not appear to have been 

 recorded. In the dry skin the upper mandible is dark brown, the 

 lower pale brown ; the legs yellowish brown. 



Length about 6; tail 2'6 ; wing 2-6; tarsus 1-1; bill from 

 gape -7. 



Distribution. Khasi hills ; North Sylhet ; Sadiya. Apparently 

 found near swamps. 



147. Pellorneum fuscicapillum. The Brown-capped Babbler. 



Drymocataphus fuscocapillus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xviii, p. 815 (1849) ; 



id. Cat. p. 340. 



Pellorneum fuscicapillum (Blyth), Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 301 ; Hume, 

 S. F. i, p. 299 note ; Legge, Birds Ceyl p. 510, pi. 23, fig. 1 ; Hume, 

 Cat. no. 399 quint. ; Gates in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 102. 

 Scotocichla fuscicapilla (Blyth), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 523. 

 Batitchia, Ceyl. 



