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THE GREY-THROATED BABBLER. 



Length, 5*5 ; wing, 2'5 ; tail,3'4 ; tarsus, 1. 



Bill horny or fleshy-brown ; legs pale fleshy-brown. 



Forehead, upper part of lores and streak over the eyes deep 

 reddish-brown, each feather streaked with ashy-grey ; crown and 

 occiput deep ferruginous ; cheeks and ear-coverts paler ferruginous ; 

 sides of neck yellowish-rusty ; nape, back, scapulars, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts, bright rusty-ferruginous, in some lights slightly 

 brownish and most rusty on upper tail-coverts, almost entire 

 visible portion of closed wing bright ferruginous-chesuut, rest of 

 feathers hair-brown ; tail moderately dark-brown, feathers margined 

 strongly on outer webs with ferruginous and most broadly so to- 

 wards their bases ; chin, throat, and upper breast pale brownish- 

 grey or ashy, rest of lower parts dull rusty, browner and lighter 

 on lower breast, brighter and more ferruginous on flanks and lower 

 tail-coverts. 



The Grey-throated Babbler is a rather doubtful species. 



Within our limits it has only been procured in Sind, where 

 doubtless it is a permanent resident. 



GENUS, Alcippe, Blyth. 



Bill short, moderately stout and compressed ; culmen slightly 

 curved, hooked and notched ; nostrils slightly impended by some 

 setae ; rictal bristles moderate ; wings moderate, rounded, fourth 

 and fifth quills equal ; tail moderate or rather short, very slightly 

 rounded ; tarsus stout, moderate ; lateral toes unequal ; claws 

 tolerably curved. 



Alcippe poiocephala, Jerdon. 



380. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 18 ; Butler, Deccan ; 



Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 399. 



THE NEILGHERRY QUAKER THRUSH. 



Length, 5'9 ; wing, 2'8 ; tail, 23 ; tarsus, 0'88 ; bill at front, 0'45. 



Bill horny, yellow at gape and edges ; irides greenish-white ; 

 legs pale fleshy. 



Head and nape dusky-cinereous ; back and ramp greenish-olive, 

 inclining to rufous on the rump, darker and more ferruginous on 

 the wings and tail ; beneath pale rufescent or fulvous, lightest and 

 albescent on the chin and throat. 



The Neilgherry Quaker Thrush is a permanent resident on the 

 Sahyadri Range, but has not been recorded from any other por- 

 tion of our limits. 



Alcippe atriceps, Jerdon. 



390. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 19 ; Butler, Deccan ; 



Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 399. 



THE BLACK-HEADED WREN BABBLER. 



Length, 5'5 ; expanse, 7 ; wing, 2 3 ; tail, 2 ; tarsus, 0'9 ; bill at 

 front, 0-4. 



