638 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIIl. 



TuKDiNULUS EPiLBPiDOTUs BAKERi, Harington. 

 Bakefs Wren-Babbler. 

 Harington, Bull., B. O. 0., xxxiii., p. (1913). 

 Adult. Similar to T. e. davisoni (O. Grant) from Tenasserim ; but differs in 

 having the under parts not suffused with rufous, and in having the upper 

 plumage much darker. The differences are very similar to those between 

 T. roberti ; (Godwin- Austen), from the Naga and Manipur HiUs and Cachar, 

 and Turdinulus roberti guttaticollis, O. Grant, from the Miri and Mismi 

 Hills, and the Dibrugarh District of Assam. 

 Measurements, the same as T. e. davisoni. 

 Habitat. — The Southern Shan States and Karennee, Burma. 

 Type. — In the British Museum. 



RiMATOR, Blyth (1847). 

 Gates, F. B. I., i., p. 175. 

 " In this genus the bill is slender and as long as . the head ; the culmen 

 is curved downwards and the tip of the bill is barely notched ; the rictal 

 bristles are short ; the nostrils are open ovals. The tail is less than half the 

 length of the wing and slightly rounded." (Gates.) 



ElMATOK MALACOPTILUS, Blyth. 



The Long-billed Wren-Babbler. 



Blyth, J., A. S. B., xvi., p. 165 (1847) ; Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 594 ; 

 Gates, F. B. I., i., p. 175 ; Baker, Ibis, 1909 p. 104. 



Description. — As in Gates, F. B. I, 



Distribution. — Sikhim, Manipur and Cachar Hills. 



Nidification. — It appears to build an untidy domed nest on the ground, 

 laying four eggs. The ground colour a faint pinkish-white, the markings 

 rather profuse at the large end, consisting of specks and blotches of reddish 

 brown, measuring from •84"-'81"x •60"--62". 



Setaria Grouip. 



These are birds I know personally nothing about, only having examined 

 and gone through the specimens in the British Museum. Setaria and 

 JEtJiostoma appear to me to be non-Timeliine in every way ; on the other 

 hand Erythrocinchla seems to have a relationship to Malacocinhla 

 {Tardinus). I can find nothing recorded about the nidification of these 

 genera, there are, however, two eggs of Malacopterum ( Ophrydornis) 

 albigularis, in the Museum, these are a pale spotless blue and thoroughly 

 non-Timeliine. 



These three genera have the following characteristics : stout straight 

 bills ; extremely long rictal bristles ; long pointed wings ; a short tail and 

 weak legs and feet. 



Setaria, Blyth (1844). 



Sharpe, Bull., B. G. C, xii., p. 54. Sharpe, Hand List of Birds, iv., p. 38. 



Malacopterum, Gates, F. B. I., i., p. 150. 



Dr. Sharpe gives the above generic name for Malacopterum, Eyton, which 

 is already occupied. 



" This genus is remarkable for its lengthened wings and, in consequence, 

 its comparatively short tail. The plumage is soft and silky. The two Indian 

 species of this genus appear to be more arboreal in their habits than any of 

 the preceding genera, and to have somewhat of the deportments of Bulbuls. 

 The rictal bristles are very conspicuous on account of their length." 

 (Gates.) 



