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Total length, 5 '15 in. ; bill, 0'5 in. ; wing, 2*1 in. ; tail, 2*5 in. ; 

 tarsus, 0*9 in. 



Hab. : 4, 6. 



GENUS PSOPHODES. Has large crest. 



223. P. crepitans. Vig. and Hors. , Coachwhip-bird. 



Under surface of body black, with some white mottling on centre 

 of breast ; lateral feathers of tail tipped white ; lower flanks ashy- 

 brown. 



Hab. : 2, 3, 4. 



224. P. crepitans lateralis (sub-sp.), North. 



Lateral feathers of tail tipped brown ; lower flanks olive-green. 

 Hab. : 2. 



225. P. nigroglllaris, Old., Black-throated Coachwhip-bird. 



Under surface of body greyish-brown ; throat black. 

 Hab. : 9. 



GENUS POMATORHINUS. Culmen long, and longer than tarsus. 



226. P. temporalis, Vig. and Hors. (Pomatostomus temporalis), 



Babbler. 



With a distinct white eyebrow; throat and breast same colour 

 white ; no white wing bar; wing, 4*6 in. ; lower breast rufous ; 

 forehead paler brown than nape. 



Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7. 



227. P. SllpercillOSUS, Vig. and Hors. (Pomatostomus superciliosus), 



White-browed Babbler. 



With a distinct white eyebrow ; no white wing bar ; wing, 

 3'05 in. ; lower breast whitish, without any rufous ; forehead 

 brown, like rest of crown. 



Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7,9. 



228. P. rilficeps, Vig. and Hors. (Pomatostomus ruficeps), Chestnut- 



crowned Babbler. 



With a distinct white eyebrow ; throat and breast of same colour ; 

 whitish tail feathers, broad white tips, with two white bars on 

 wing ; head chestnut. 

 Hab. : 6, 7. 



229. P. rilbeclllllS. Old. (Pomatostomus rubeculus), Red-breasted 



Babbler. 



With a distinct white eyebrow ; throat white, but breast bright 

 rufous. 



Hab. : 1, (3), 7, 8. 



GENUS CINCLORH AM PHUS. Inner secondaries nearly equal the 

 primaries in length. 



230. C cmralis, Vig. and Hors. (C. cantillans), Brown Song-Lark. 



R. B. Sharpe (1883) treats C. cruralis and C. cantillans as one 

 species, the size of the abdominal patch appearing to vary according 

 to amount of winter plumage remaining. "Birds with sooty-black 

 under surface have bill black, and appear to be in breeding 

 plumage." 



Throat and belly blackish, upper tail coverts ashy-brown. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8. 



231. C. rilfescens, Vig. and Hors. (Ptenredus rufescens), Rufous Song- 



Lark. 



Throat and belly whitish ; upper tail coverts rufous. 

 Hab. : 1 to 4, 6 to 9. 



GENUS CALAMANTHUS Secondaries about equal. 



232. C. fllliliillOSHS, Vig. and Hors. , Striated Field- Wren. 



Head olive-greenish, streaked with black, like back ; breast, sides 

 of body, flanks, and under tail coverts streaked with black. 

 Hab. : 4, 5. 



