148 CRATEKOPODID^. 



Genus CORYTHOCICHLA, Sharpe, 1883. 



This genus is barely separable from Drymocataphus ; but on 

 account of its somewhat longer rictal bristles and its squamated 

 upper plumage it is perhaps convenient to keep it distinct. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Sides of the head deep ashy ; tips of wing- 



feathers white C. brevicaudata, p. 148. 



b. Sides of the head brown ; tips of the wing- 



feathers fulvous C. striata, p. 148. 



153. Corythocichla brevicaudata. The Short-tailed Babbler. 



Turdinus brevicaudatus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiv, p. 272 (1855); 



Hume $ Dav. 8. F. vi, p. 202 ; Hume, Cat. no. 390 quint. ; Bituj- 



liam, 8. F. ix, p. 179 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. CO. 

 Turdinus brevicauda (Tickett), Wald. Ibis, ]876, p. 354. 

 Corythocichla brevicaudata (Blyth), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 592. 



Coloration. Whole upper plumage and sides of the neck olive- 

 brown ; the feathers everywhere margined with black except on 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts ; tail rufescent ; wings olive-brown, 

 the coverts and all the quills, except the earlier primaries, tipped 

 with a small white spot ; lores, a short supercilium, cheeks, and 

 under the eye deep ashy ; ear-coverts the same, but tinged rufes- 

 cent ; chin and throat ashy white, streaked with dark brown ; 

 breast and lower plumage ferruginous, paler on the centre of the 

 abdomen, darker on the flanks, vent, and under tail-coverts, which 

 latter are tipped paler. 



Legs, feet, and claws pale brown to pale fleshy brown ; upper 

 mandible very dark brown, lower plumbeous to pale plumbeous ; 

 iris deep brown, red-brown, cinnamon-red (Hume $ Davison). 



Length about 5'5 ; tail T7 ; wing 2'4 ; tarsus 1 ; bill from 

 gape -8. 



Distribution. The higher slopes of Muleyit mountain in Tenas- 

 serim about 5000 feet. 



Habits, 6fc. A rather rare bird, occurring on the thickly wooded 

 and rocky parts of the mountain singly or in small parties. It feeds 

 on the ground, and when alarmed it seldom flies, but retreats by 

 hopping. Davison also remarks that its note is a long-drawn Kirr- 

 r-r, usually uttered when disturbed. 



154. Corythocichla striata. The Streaked Babbler. 



Turdinus brevicaudatus, Blyth, apud Godw.-Aust. J. A. 8. B. xxxix, 



pt. ii, p. 2C9 (1870) ; Hume, 8. F. xi, p. 140. 

 Turdinus striatus, Wald. A. M. N. H. (4) vii, p. 241 (1871) ; 



Godw.-Aust. J. A. 8. B. xlvii, pt. ii, p. 16 ; Hume, S. F. vii, 



p. 462. 



