CHATARRHEA. 133 



Malacocifcus terficolor, Hodgs. J.A.S. B. 1836, 771 ; Jerd. B. 

 hid. ii. p. 59, No. 432 ; Mmray, Ildbk., Zool, ^c, Sind, p. 142. Mala- 

 cocircus bengalensis, Blt/th, Cat. of B. p. 140. Turdus canoruSj Linn, 

 SysL Nat. i. p. 293 ; 'Pr. Bp. Gonsp. Av. p. 373.— The Bengal 

 Babbler. 



Head and hind neck pale ashy ; upper back ashy or grey brown, the 

 feathers pale .shafted ; feathers of tbe lower back and rump greyish 

 brown, and Very lax ; outer webs of primaries pale grey ; inner webs 

 dusky J tertiaries dusky, the feathers with indistinct darker cross bars • 

 tail reddish ash or brown, the lateral feathers dusky brown, with faint 

 bars, and the external ones tipped with whitish ; chin and throat ashy, 

 the feathers edged and shafted lighter; breast fulvous brown, also with 

 lighter edges and shafts ; abdomen, vent and under tail-coverts 

 bufEy white, paler and almost white on the under tail-coverts ; bill 

 yellowish brown ; irides pale yellow ; legs pale yellow. 



Length. — 9 to 10 inches, wing 4"25, tail 4'5, bill at front 0"75, 



Hab. — India generally, extending to Nepaul. Common in the Punjab, 



N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Central India, Bengal, Sind, and on the Western 



Coast, in Kutch and Kattiawar. Recorded from Aboo, North Guzerat 



and Jodhpore. In Sind it is a resident, and breeds from April to July. 



Malacocircus malcolmi, Syhes ; Eraser, Zool. typ. pi. Garrulus 

 albifrons, Qray, Rardw. III. Ind. Zool. 2, f. 1. — The Laege Grey 

 Babbler. 



Forehead pale bluish, the feathers white shafted ; a dijsky streak 

 from the nostrils to the eye ; ear-coverts brownish grey, the feathers 

 white shafted and lax ; crown of head, hind neck and back brownish 

 grey, with dark mesial streaks to the feathers ; rump lighter ; 

 primaries edged pale grey on the outer web ; the inner webs dusky 

 brown ; secondaries dusky brown ; tertiaries and wing-coverts conco- 

 lorous with the back, or greyer in some specimens ; tail, with the central 

 feathers, dusky brown, with numerous faint cross bars, the next two 

 on each side lighter, and the rest fulvescent white ; under surface of 

 body falvescent white, darker or rufescent on the chin, throat and 

 breast ; under wing-coverts silky buff; bill horny brown ; legs yellow- 

 ish ; irides light yellow. 



Length. — 11 inches, wing 4*5 to 4*75, bill at front 0'75 to nearly one. 



Hab. — India, Western and Southern Presidencies ; does not extend 

 beyond Sind. Usually found associated with M. terricolor at Larkhana 

 and Sehwan. Rare in Lower Sind. Rather numerous in the Ooncan 

 and Deccan, Kutch, Kattiawar, Jodhpore and North Guzerat. 



Gen. Chatarrhea. — Blyth. 



Bill rather longer, slender and more curved than in Malacocircus. 



Chatarrhea caudata, Bum.; Jerd. B. Ind, ii, p. 67, No. 438; 

 Hume, Str. F. vol. i. p. 180; Murray, Hdbh., Zool., 8j-c., Sind, p. 142. 

 Chatarrhea huttoni, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. 1847, xvi. p. 476.— The 

 Steiatid Bush Babbler. 



