AVIFAUFA OF CHOTA NAGPUR. 409 



afterwards obtained by Captain Beavan on the banks of the 

 Coss}-e. 



The following are measurements of Captain Beavan's speci- 

 mens which are now in the Indian Museum : — 



$ Length 5" : Wing 2-3 ; Tail 2' ; Tarsus 75 ■ Bill at front 5 



? „ „ 235 „ 21 „ -7 



126.— Dumetia hyperythra, Frankl. ? (397.) 



The Rufous-bellied Babbler has been obtained in the Midnapur 

 j uncles, and doubtless extends into the districts to the west. 

 Captain Beavan refers a bird obtained at Kesurgurh in Man- 

 bhum to this species. It was apparently not obtained by Colonel 

 Tickell. I also did not meet with it. Recently I found it 

 common in the Satpura hills. 



127.— Pellorneum ruficeps, Swains. Mbtacilla 



dumeticola, Tickell. (399.) 



Colonel Tickell says that the Spotted Wren Babbler frequents 

 the thickest foliage at the top of high trees, and is rarely seen. 

 Captain Beavan, that it frequents low and tangled brushwood 

 where it makes a tremendous chattering like the Babblers. I 

 have obtained it in the Rajmehal hills, but seem to have missed 

 it in Chota Nagpur. My observations on its habits correspond 

 with those of Captain Beavan. 



Length 6625 ; wing 2*75 ; tarsus 1*125 (Beavan.) 



jPomatorhinus Horsfieldii, Sykes. (404.) 



The Southern Scimitar Babbler should be looked for as it 

 not improbably occurs. Two specimens are mentioned in 

 Blyth's catalogue from Katak (Cuttack), and it has been obtained 

 in Central India. 



128.— Malacoeircus terricolor, Eodg. (432.) 



The Bengal Babbler is common in most parts of Chota Nagpur. 

 Captain Beavan says it breeds in Manbhum, "making a neat nest 

 of sticks somewhat like that of Turdus merula, and laying four 

 or five dark greenish-blue eggs. I have not obtained any of 

 the other species of Malacoeircus in Chota Nagpur. 

 i The following are measurements in inches: — 



Hazaribagh Wing 4 - ; Tail 41 ; Tarsus 1'35 ; Bill from gape 105 1 

 Sirguja „ 4 2 „ 44 „ 13 „ „ „ M 



129.— Ch.atarrh.oea caudata, Dumeril. (438.) 



I have found the Striated Bush Babbler to be rather common 

 in Western Hazaribagh and Palamow, but have not met with it 

 in other parts. Captain Beavan did not obtain it in Manbhum. 



