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Jocalities are quite distinct from the others, in having the head conspicu- 

 .ously rufous. Birds from Ceylon have the head slightly more rufous than 

 those from Mysore, but I do not find the black shaft stripes mentioned 

 by Mr. Oates constant in birds from Southern India, and therefore do not 

 consider there is sufficient variation to separate the birds from Ceylon 

 from the Southern Indian species. 



The geographical distribution, as far as I can determine, of these species 

 is as follows : The southernmost limits of D. ht/perythra appears to be a 

 line somewhere between Khandala on the west and the Godavary on the 

 east ; from here it extends northwards through the Central Provinces, Chota 

 Nagpur, the United Provinces, up to the hills as far west as Simla, and to 

 Darjeeling on the east, wanting in Lower Bengal, but appearing on the 

 Paresnath Hills. D. albigularis abuensis, sp. nov., inhabits Rajputana about 

 Mt. Abu and Deesa, down to Mahableshwar, the exact limits at present 

 uncertain. D. albigularis albif/ularis, Southern India from Belgaum, south- 

 wards into Mysore and the Wynaad, and to Ceylon. 



Key, 



A. — Chin and throat rufous . . . . , . ,, D. Jiyperythra, 



B.— „ „ „ white. 



a. Forehead only pale rufous . . , . . . D. albigularis albigu- 



laris. 



,b. Whole crown rufous, with pale shaft streaks D. albigularis almensis. 



DuMETiA HYPERYTHRA, Franklin. 

 The Rufous-bellied Babbler. 



Timelia hyperytlira, Franklin, P. Z. S., 1831, p. 118. 



Dumetia hyperythra, Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 515 ; Oates, F. of B. I. i., 

 -p. 133. 



Description. — As in F. B. I. Birds from the Himalaya foot hills have the 

 •plumage darker, and the back with almost a greenish tinge. 



Dumetia albigularis albigularis, Blyth.* 

 The Small White-throated Babbler. 



Malacocercus ? albigularis, Blyth, J. A. S. B., xvi., p. 453 (1847). 



Dumetia albigularis, Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 514 ; Oates, F. of B. I., i., 

 p. 134. 



Description. — Forehead j)ale rufous ; feathers round the eye white ; upper 

 plumage, wings and tail olive-brown ; tail faintly cross rayed ; chin and 

 throat white, the feathers having glistening white shaft stripes ; the re- 

 mainder of under plumage rusty red. 



" Iris, birds from Wynaad white, from Ceylon greyish-olive or white ; bill, 

 legs and feet pinkish fleshy ; uipper mandible along the culmen tinged with 

 brown." 



"Length, about 6"; tail, 2'7''; wing, 2-2"; tarsus, •75"; bill from gape, -6" 

 (Oates)." 



Distribution. — Southern India [from Belgaum to Mysore and the Wynaad, 

 and to Ceylon. In habits it seems to be a miniature Argya, frequenting 



* Ophrydornis Buttikofer. 



Note in the " Hand List of Birds ", Sharpa, iv, p. 87. 



D. albigularis. Blyth. 



This has been entered in error, and refers to Setaria albigularis, Blyth, and does 

 not refer to this " alhigularis.'" 



The same error has been perpetuated in the Catalogue of Nests and Egg, Vol. 

 iv, p. 31. 



