TIMALIA GULARIS. 



Ord. II"?" Les Passeueaux, Cuvier. V- Famille. Les Dentirostres. 



OuD. Ill"" Insectivores, Temminck. 



Ord. VI. Passeres, Liinn. Syst. 



Ord. II. Ambulatores, Illiger. Fam. 11. Canori. 



TIMALIA, Nobis. 



Character genericus. — Vide Timalia pileata. 



Timalia supra fusca remigibus rectricibusque saturatioribus, subtus flavescens late- 



ribus olivaceis, gula pectoreque luteis lineis sagittatis notatis. 

 Motacilla gularis, Sir T. S. Raffles's MS. Cat. of a Zool. Coll. made in Sumatra. 

 Surung-Puding, of the Inhabitants of Sumatra. 



The entire length of the Timalia gularis is five inches. Upper parts brown, 

 with a rufous tint ; inchning to olivaceous on the nape and back ; deeper, and 

 saturated on the crown of the head, wings, and tail. Underneath, yellowish ; sides 

 of the abdomen bounded by gray, with an olivaceous cast. Throat and breast 

 intensely yellow, marked with black lines, gradually wider at their lower extremity, 

 and having a sagittate form. Eye encircled by a patch of blueish-gray. Bill brown; 

 tip and lower mandible lighter, having a plumbeous hue. Feet brownish-gray. 

 The white colour of the axillje shews itself in a small spot on the margin of the wing. 

 Plumes of the hypochondriee, thighs, and vent, long, pendulous, and decompound. 



Native of the Island of Sumatra ; whence it was sent to the Museum of the 

 Honourable East India Company by Sir T, S. Raffles. 



