1844.] 



of the Peninsula of India, 



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mon bird ; frequents thick woods, and has the usual habits d*f 

 the Thrush kind ; I add its dimensions for the sake of com- 

 parison. 



Length 10 j inches; wing 5~; taiL3£; tarsus 1 ~ ; bill 1| 

 at gape. 



No. 88, bis. — Megalurus ? striatus. — New species ? 



Descr. — Plumage above yellowish brown, each feather cen- 

 tred with deep brown ; beneath dirty yellowish white ; tail 

 beneath dusky, centred black, and tipped with whitish ; bill 

 dusky above, yellowish beneath. Legs flesh coloured ! irides 

 deep reddish brown. 



Length 7 inches ; wing 3 ^ ; tail 3 J ; bill at front \ inch ; 

 at gape £ ; tarsus 1 ~ ; mid-toe 1 ; hind toe ^ ; bill with 5 

 strong rictal bristles ; 1st quill short ; 2d quill equal to 7th; 

 3d longest ; 4th and 5th nearly equal to it. 



This bird appears most nearly allied to the genus Megalu- 

 rus of Swainson, but yet does not axactly tally with all the 

 characters given in his Synopsis. Its colouring recalls that 

 of the Thimalia chatarcea, for which at the first cursory 

 glance I mistook it. I procured a single specimen latley on 

 tbe Neilgherries. It was shot by a shikaree who said that he 

 found it on bushy ground ; its food appeared to have consisted 

 solely of insects. 



95, bis. — Thimalia poioicephala — New species ? — Small 

 grey-headed Babbler. 



Descr. — Head and neck cinereous ; back and rump green- 

 ish olive ; wings and tail same colour, but darker ; beneath 

 dirty yellowish, lightest on chin and throat. Bill dusky yel- 

 lowish ; legs pale fleshy ; irides white. Length 5\ inches ; 

 wing 2 ~ ; tail % \ ; tarsus ~ ; bill at front % \ at gape 6j » 0 ths. 



I procured a single specimen of this bird on the Coonoor 

 Ghaut, in high forest jungle. It was alone, flying from branch 

 to branch and had been feeding on small insects. 



