NOTES ON INDIAN TIMELIIDES AND THEIR ALLIES. 637 



Habits. — "Robert's Babbler is to be found in some numbers, though no- 

 where, I imagine, commonly, in the higher ranges bordering on the plains 

 of Assam. The nest and eggs are exact counterparts of those of Corythoci- 

 cMa striata in everything but size. Three seems to be the ordinary number 

 of eggs laid, though sometimes as many as four are found, and. about 

 equally often only two are found." " My eggs average -71" by '56" and vary 

 in length between -80" and -67" and in breadth between -SS" and •58". 

 (Baker, Ibis (1906), p. 106)." 



TURDINULUS ROBEBXI GUTTATICOLLIS, * O. Grant. 



GranVs Wren^Babbler. 



T. guttaticollis, O.-Grant, Ibis. (1895), p. 432, ibid (1896), p. 57. 



Description. — Very similar to T. r. roberti. differs in being darker and 

 browner above ; and lacks the rufous on the sides of the breast and flanks ; 

 also there is very little rufous on the cheeks. 



Wing measurement ; 55 nun. 



Distribution. — The Hill Ranges N. and S. of the Brahmapootra in eastern 

 Assam. There are two specimens in the Museum collected by Dr. Coltart 

 from Margherita, Assam, which are undoubtedly this sub-species. 



Habits. — " The habits and nidification are exactly like those of T. roberti. 

 The bird is a skulker, creeping about the undergrowth and bushes much like 

 a wren and never taking to wing unless forced. It is found singly or in pairs 

 and never in flocks like other Timeliinse, in fact in every way it is very wren 

 like habits, nidification, flight and general appearance. E. C. S. B." 



* Tttrdinulus epilepidotus davisoni, O. Grant. 



Davison's Wren-Babbler. 



O. Grant, BuU., B. O. C, xxv., p. 97. 



" Easily distinguished from T. e. exsul (Sharpe), to which it is most nearly 

 allied, by having the cheeks and side of the throat washed with rust colour, 

 (note, as in roberti), and under parts more olive-brown, much less suffused 

 with rufous, and distinctly streaked with whitish." 

 Measurements as in exsul. 



Distribution. — Tenasserim. 



* TUEDINULUS EPILEPIDOTUS EPILEPIDOTUS, Temm. 



Bescription. — Similar to T. r. roberti. throat unspotted white, cheeks white 

 spotted with black breast olive-brown, with white shaft-stripes giving a very 

 streaked appearance 



Distribution. — Java and Sumatra, 



TuRDiNULUS EPILEPIDOTUS hainanus, Hartert. 



Hartert, Nov. Zool., xvii, p. 230 (1910). 

 Like Turdimilus, r. roberti. 

 Habitat — The Island of Hainan. 



TuRDiNULUS EPILEPIDOTUS EXSUL, Sharpe (1888), 



. exsul, Sharpe, Ibis (1888), p. 479, 

 Habitat, — Borneo. 



TuBDiNULUS EPILEPIDOTUS GEANTi, Richmond (1900). 



Turdinulus granti, Eichmond, Proc XJ. S. Nat. Mus., p, 320 (1900) ; Thumii 

 (Hartert), Nov, Zool., ix., p. 564 ; Grant, Bull., B. 0. C, xxv-, p. 97. 



Similar to T. e. exsul (Sharp), Borneo. Throat unspotted white, under parts very 

 much paler, the feathers of the centre of the breast bavins' white centres giving 

 avery pale appeairaace below. Wing, "55 mm. 

 Distribution' — Siam and Malay Peninsula. 



