400 A TENTATIVE CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF 



398— Dumetia albogularis, Blyth. The White- 

 throated Wren-Babbler. 

 Permanent resident. Not uncommon. Occurs all along the 

 Sahyadri range and in the adjoining forests. 



399. — Pellorneum ruficeps, Swains. Swainson's 

 Wren-Babbler. 



Not uncommon. Occurs all along the Sahyadri range and 

 in the neighbouring forests, at all events as far north as Maha- 

 bleshwar. In Ratnagiri it extends sparingly as far as the 

 coast. 



404.— Pomatorhinus horsfieldi, SyTces. The South- 

 ern Scimitar Babbler. 



Permanent resident. Common all along the Sahyadri range 

 as far north as Mahableshwar (and probably to Khandalaj, 

 extending often into the adjoining forests. 



433.— Malacocercus griseus, Lath. The White- 

 headed Babbler. 



Permanent resident. Seems to he confined to the jungle south 

 and east of the Ghatprabha river ; north of Belgaum as far as 

 Sutgatti, and east and south of Belgaum it is common, but on 

 the hills to the west, I don't think it occurs at all. Anyhow I 

 have no record of its occurrence along the Sahyadri range, and 

 Mr. Vidal has not observed it in Ratnagiri. 



435.— Malacocercus somervillii, Syhes. The Ru- 

 fous-tailed Babbler. 



Permanent resident. Common throughout the Southern 

 Konkan and all along the Sahyadri range and in the adjoining 

 forests as far north as Khandala. I observed it on the Ambolee 

 Ghat, west of Belgaum, but where it joins the last species I am 

 not quite certain. 



? 434.— Malacocercus malabaricus, Jerd. The Jun- 

 gle Babbler. 



Jerdon remarks : " found in forests and jungles throughout 

 the greater part of the Peninsula of India, including the 

 Malabar Coast to the latitude of Bombay, slopes of the Nilgiris, 

 &c," and Major Lloyd includes it in bis list of Konkan species. 

 1 have not heard of its occurrence within the region from any 

 other source, and believe its occurrence withiu our region, 

 except perhaps in the Northern Konkan, very doubtful. 



