176 SIMALIN^E. 



Bill horny-brown ; irides pale orange'or buff ; legs plumbeous. 



Head, cheeks, and nape, black ; wings, tail and under tail- 

 coverts, brownish-olive, darkest on the tail and wings ; beneath 

 white, with a tinge of orange-brown on the sides and towards the 

 vent. 



The Black-hoaded Wren Babbler has been obtained in the forest 

 west of Belgaum ; it has not been recorded from elsewhere within 

 the region. 



GENUS, Mixornis, Hodgson. 



Bill rather long, compressed, with a tendency to arch ; tip blunt, 

 barely notched ; nostrils ovoid, advanced ; wings moderate, rounded, 

 the first four quills graduated, fifth and sixth sub-equal and 

 longest ; tail moderate or rather short, laterals very unequal ; hind- 

 toe large, nails well curved. 



Mixornis rubicapillus, Tickell. 



395. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 23. 



THE YELLOW-BREASTED WEEN BABBLER. 



Length, 575 ; wing, 2'38 ; tail, 2 ; tarsus, 0'8 ; bill at front, 0'6. 



Bill horny ; irides reddish-hazel ; legs pale horny-brown. 



Above dull olive-green, inclining to rufescent or brown ; wings 

 and tail rufescent-brown ; part of the forehead, supercilium, ears, 

 and sides of the neck, yellowish-green, with some dusky streaks ; 

 crown of the head dull ferruginous ; beneath pale yellow, 

 fading to whitish on the lower abdomen and olivaceous on the 

 flanks and vent ; the throat and upper part of the breast with 

 some blackish streaks. 



The Yellow-breasted Wren Babbler has been doubtfully record- 

 ed from Central India. 



GENUS, Dumetia, Blyih. 



Bill moderate, or rather short, compressed, pointed ; culmen 

 slightly curving from the base, and the commissure also slightly 

 curved ; a few small rictal bristles ; wings short, rounded, fourth, 

 fifth, and sixth quills nearly equal ; tail moderate, rounded ; tarsus 

 stout ; middle-toe not elongate, lateral toes about equal, hind-toe 

 and claw moderately large. 



Dumetia hyperythra, Franklin. 



397. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 26 ; Butler, Deccan ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 399 ; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central 

 India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 67. 



THE RUFOUS-BELLIED BABBLER. 

 Length, 5'25 ; wing, 21 ; tail, 3'2 ; tarsus, 0'8. 

 Bill horny ; irides pale yellow-brown ; legs fleshy-yellow. 

 Above brownish-olive, the tail obsoletely barred with dusky ; 

 forehead and whole body beneath rufous. 



