MERULlDJi. 



W3 



ground : from the forehead, over the eye, passes a 

 line of white curving downwards: on the scapulars 

 and greater wing-coverts some undulations of white : 

 quills brown : tail cuneiform, grey-brown ; all but 

 the two middle feathers deeply margined on the outer 

 webs and ends with white : legs bright brown. The 

 female is smaller, the colours duller, and the rump 

 not rufous. 



GENUS XCVII.— TIMALIA, Horsfield. 



Rostrum mediocre, cultra- 

 tum, valde compressum ; 

 mandibula superior a basi 

 ad apicem aequaliter ar- 

 cuata, vix emarginata ; 

 culmine rotundato inter 

 nares alte carinato, 



Nares in fove^ ovata laterali 



sitae. 

 AlcB breves. 



Cauda elongata, rotundata. 



Beak moderate, cultrated, 

 much compressed : the 

 upper mandible equally 

 arched from the base to 

 the apex, scarcely notched ; 

 with the culmen rounded 

 and much carinated be- 

 tween the nostrils. 



Nostrils placed in an oval 

 lateral groove. 



Wings short. 



Tail elongated, rounded. 



Sp. 1. Ti. pileata. Linn. Trans. {Horsf.) v. xiii.^. 11. 



Ti. suholivacea fusca, pileo castaneo ; guld juguloque albis nigro 

 lineatis; ahdomine sordide testaceo. 



Subolive-brown Timalia with the crown chesnut ; the throat and 

 jugulum white, striped with black the abdomen dull testa- 

 ceous. 



Pileated Thrush. Lath. Gen, Hist, v. v. p. 171. 



Inhabits Java. Length six inches and a half : 

 plumage brown, inclining to olive : crown chesnut : 



