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1 have only been able to examine one specimen from Bannu, this is 

 smaller and paler than typical A. earlii ; also eggs which I have received 

 from Dera Ismail Khan are decidedly smaller than those I have taken 

 myself at Bhamo, therefore I think that possibly the Derajat bird may be 

 found to form a distinct sub-species. 



Akgya caudata caudata,* Dumeril. 



The Common Babbler. 



Cossy2yhus caudatus, Dumeril, Drapiez. Class d'Hist. Nat., x., p. 216 

 (1826). 



Argya caudata, Sharpe, Cat. B. M., vii., p. 393. 

 Argya eclipesi (Hume), Sharpe, vii., t.c, p. 394. 

 Argya Jiuttoni (Blyth), Sharpe, vii., t.c, p. 394. 



Description. — As in Gates, Fauna, B. I. 



Distribution. — " Every portion of India proper, Sind to Bengal from the 

 Himalayan to the South, probably Palni hills, but exact distribution in 

 the south at present uncertain. Also the Laccadive Islands where it most 

 probably has been introduced. " 



Akgya guiakis, Blyth. 



The Burmese White-throated Babbler. 



Chatorhea gularis, Blyth, J. A. S. B., xxiv., p. 478 (1855). 

 Argya gularis, Sharpe, Cat. B. M., vii., p. 396; Gates, F. B. I., i., p. 107 ; 

 Harington, B. of B., p. 12 ; id. ibis 14, p. 10. 



Description. — As in Gates, F. B. I. 



Distribution. — The dry-zone in Upper Burma. This is a common familiar 

 bird round Mandalay, being alike common about human habitations and in 

 jungle. It practically breeds throughout the year, building the usual 

 babbler type of nest, and lays from 3 to 4 beautiful turquoise-blue eggs 

 which measure '88 x '68 inches. 



Akgya malcolmi, Sykes. 



The Large Grey Babbler. 



Timalia malcolmi, Sykes, P. Z. S., 1832, p. 88. 



Argya malcolmi. Sharp, Cat. B. M., vii., p. 398; Gates, F. B. I, i., p. 108. 



Description. — As in Gates, F. B. I. 



Distribution. — The Peninsula of India from the Punjab to Sind, Rajpu- 

 tana, the United Provinces down to Mysore and the Nilghiris ; to the 

 eastwards its distribution not yet thoroughly determined. 



Akgya subrtjfa, Jerdon. 



The Rufous Babbler. 



Timalia subrufa, Jerdon, Madras Journ. L. S., p. 259 (1844). 



Argya subrufa, Sharpe, Cat. B. M., vii, p. 390 ; Gates, F. B I., i., p. 109. 



Description. — As in Gates, F. B. I. 



Distribution. — The Western Ghats and from Coonoor and Kotagiri on the 

 Nilghiris up to Khandala near Bombay. 



* Allied sub-species. 



Argya caudata Jiuttoni, Blyth, J. A. S. B., xvi., p. 476 (1847) ; Hartert., Pal 

 Vog.l., p. 622. 



Distribution. — Afghanistan and Baluchistan. 



Argya caudata altirosiris, Hartert., Pal. Vog., i, p. 622 (1910), The Persian Gulf. 



