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Colour olive-brown above, greyish towards the neck, more rufous 
over the rump, and the tail brownish ferruginous; forehead and 
vertex bright rufous, the feathers narrow-spatulate, of rigid texture, 
and tipped with black; occiput black; the small feathers around 
the eye white-centred: lower parts white, slightly tinged with 
brown, more especially on the sides of the breast. Bill and feet 
pale, the former darker above. 
Length, nearly 6 inches; of wing, 2iths ; tail, 23ths ; bill to gape, 
3ths; and tarse, 3ths of an inch. 
Not uncommon at Malacca. 
79. TiIMALIA MACULATA, Temminck, Pl. Col. 593. f. 1. 
Timalia pectoralis, Blyth, J. A.S. Beng. xi. p. 793. 
Malacopteron squamatum, Eyton. 
Pampane of the Malays, Eyton. 
80. TrIMALIA NIGRICOLLIS, Temminck, Pl. Col. 594. f. 2. 
Timalia erythronota, Blyth, J. A.S. Beng. xi. p. 793. 
Brachypteryx nigrogularis, Eyton. 
Burone Tanau of the Malays, Eyton. 
81. TrmaLia ERYTHROPTERA, Blyth, J. A. 8. Beng. xi. p. 794 
(1842). 
Timalia pyrrhophea, Hartlaub. 
Brachypteryx acutirostris, Kyton. 
Upper parts rufous olive-brown, darker on the head; the wings 
bright rufo-ferruginous ; forehead, sides of head, throat, fore-neck 
and breast, ash-colour, becoming paler towards the belly; flanks 
pale fulvous-brown ; bill dusky, and legs yellowish. 
Length, 5 inches; of wing, 24; tail, 2; its outermost feather 
3 of an inch shorter than the middle ones; bill to forehead, $ths ; 
to gape, $ths ; tarse, $ths of an inch. 
82. TRICHASTOMA ROSTRATUM, Blyth, Journ. A. 8. Beng. xi. 
p-. 795 (1842). 
Colour of the upper parts uniform olive-brown, somewhat darker 
on the crown, and having a slight ruddy tinge on the rump and 
tail; the whole under part pure white, a little sullied on the breast 
and lower tail-coverts; lores and sides of the head pale fulvescent- 
brown, and sides of the neck to the breast ashy ; upper mandible 
horny-black, lower yellowish-white, except at its extreme tip; legs 
deeply tinged with yellowish-brown. 
Length, about 6 inches; of wing, 23ths; tail, 2, its outermost 
feather, 3ths shorter : bill to forehead (through the feathers), $ths ; 
to gape, 13ths; tarse the same. 
83. ALCIPPE CINEREA. 
Malacopteron cinereum, Eyton, P. Z. 8. 1839, p. 103. 
Alcippe cinerea, Blyth, J. A.S. Beng. xii. p. 384. 
‘«Trides grey; bill blackish; feet reddish-grey, soles dirty orange. 
Food, seeds and insects.”>—Dr. Cantor’s Notes. 
