234 BIRDS OF TENASSER1M. 



326 —Erythrosterna maculate Tick. (6). 



(Karennee, from 3,000 to 5,000 feet, Earns.) Mooleyit. 



Observed only near the summit of Mooleyit, say above 5,( 

 feet elevation, and again above 3,000 feet in Karennee. 



329. — Pnoepyga squamata, Gould. 



Obtained by Eamsay in Karennee at 4,000 feet. 



330.— Pnoepyga pusilla, Hodgs. (4). 



Mooleyit. 



Observed only high upon Mooleyit, and even there compara- 

 tively rare. n 



[I always met with this in the dense fern-growth edging 

 the mountain streams in heavy forest, creeping in and out 

 amongst the stalks of the ferns and little stones, like a mouse. 

 Usually I saw only one ; sometimes two or three were together. 

 As a rule, they do not fly when disturbed, but scuttle away out 

 ©f sio-ht in the undergrowth, but when they do fly it is only for 

 a few yards, and they always rise with a very sharp a chick, 

 chick chick." Those I examined had fed exclusively on in- 

 sects.— W. D.] 



The following are the dimensions, &c, of 3 males recorded in 

 the flesh : — 



Length, 3'4 to 3 7 ; expanse, 6'4 to 6"6 ; tail from vent, 0-5 

 to055 & ; wing, 1*9 to 21 ; tarsus, 0'8; bill from gape, 0*6 to 

 0-65; weight, 0-5 to 0*55 oz. 



Le^s and feet pale brown ; upper mandible blackish ; lower 

 mandible pale brown ; irides deep brown. 



332 ter.— Turdinulus roberti, God.-Aust. and Wald. 

 (6). DESCitr&. F., 1V.,£18. 



Mooleyit. 



Observed only at Mooleyit at 5,500 feet and upwards. 



[Generally seen in pairs, occasionally three or four together, 

 hopping about on the ground or about the stems of the under- 

 orowth only in the densest portions of the forest and not prefer- 

 entially near water. When alarmed like T. brevicaudatus, they 

 all raise a note of alarm, chick — chick, chick, chick ; chick — 

 chick, chick, chick, which they continually and unceasingly 

 utter, until either you have passed on, or they think they have 

 got out of sight and danger. They are not shy, and do not fly 

 unless very closely pressed, and then only for a short distance. 

 As a rule when disturbed they leave the ground and thread their 

 way with great rapidity amongst the stems of the brushwood, 



