THRINGOBHIXA. 155 



Genus THRINGORHINA, n. gen. 



The t\vo birds for which the above generic name is proposed, 

 in addition to a peculiar style of coloration, are characterized 

 by the very large operculum over the nostril. The bill is very 

 strong, with the culmen gently curved throughout, and the rictal 

 bristles are weak. The feathers of the forehead are harsh to the 

 touch. The feathers of the crown are somewhat ample, and no 

 doubt in life when erected form a short crest, as represented by 

 God win- Austen in his plate of T. oylii. 



The type of this genus is T. guttata, which I at one time classed 

 with Stachyrlds, but erroneouslv as I now see. 





Fig. 45. Head of T. guttata. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Wings and tail plain T. guttata, p. 155. 



b. Wings and tail barred with brown T. oylii, p. 156. 



161. Thringorhina guttata. TickeUs Spotted Babbler. 



Turdinus guttatus (Tick.), Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxviii, p. 414 (1859); 



Tick. J.A. S. B. xxviii, p. 450 ; Blyth, Birds Burm. p. 115 ; 



Walden, Ibis, 1876, p. 353 ; Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi, p. 264; Hume, 



Cat. no. 390 sex. ; Binyliam, S. F. ix, p. 179. 

 Staehyrhis guttata (Tick.), Oates, S. F. \, p. 251 ; id. B. B. \, p. 49 ; 



SAarpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 535. 



Coloration. Lores and forehead white, with black streaks ; round 

 the eye black ; a large patch of white below the eye, bounded by a 

 black moustachial streak ; ear-coverts ashy brown ; a white super- 

 cilium to the nape, bordered above by black ; sides of neck and 

 the terminal portions of the feathers of the mantle black, with long 

 oval white drops ; remaining upper plumage rich golden brown, 

 the rump, tail, and the outer webs of the quills of the wing tinged 

 with deep rufous; chin and upper throat white; remainder of 

 lower parts ruddy ferruginous, the flanks and under tail-coverts 

 tinged with olivaceous, the breast with very narrow obsolete white 

 margins to the feathers, which, with those of the abdomen, have 

 also whitish shafts. 



Legs and feet pale dingy green ; lower mandible and edge of 

 upper along commissure plumbeous ; rest of bill black ; iris crimson- 

 lake {Hume fy Davisori). 



