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of the Peninsula of India. 



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General shade of plumage light brownish grey, head and nape much 

 lighter lint, almost whitish, and appearing so most distinctly at a dis- 

 tance (whence they are vulgarly called by some white headed bobs). 

 Quiils and tail brown, obsoletely barred with darker bands, central tail 

 feathers lighter at the base, feathers rjf the bark darkish, lightest in the 

 shaft and at the edges, rump feathers pale fawn, much discomposed. 

 Feathers of the chin and throat dark in the centre, at the base av.d ex- 

 tremity of a bluish white. This gives a bluish appearance to this gular 

 band, which is distinctly separated from the surrounding plumage. 

 Breast, belly and under tail coverts pale yellowish fawn colour, most of 

 the feathers are bluish at the base. 



Length 9| ; wing 4 ; tail 4 ; tarsus 1 T \th$ ; hides silver white ; bill 

 and legs yellow. It differs from the last species structurally in the form 

 of the bill, which is shorter and more elevated at the base, and in the hind 

 toe also, which is shorter than in T. Somervillei. 



Mr. Elliot has in his notes the description of a Thimalia, met in the 

 Southern Mahratta Country, which appears nearly to correspond with 

 this, the only difference I can detect from his description is in the bill 

 and legs, which he calls "whitish." If identical it would mark a 

 curious distribution, as I have seen it in no situation above the ghauts. 



Plumage above, chin and throat,brown cinereous, shafts of the feathers 

 lighter; head and nape, whitish, rump cinereous; tail brown, with indis- 

 tinct darker bars ; belly whitish like the head, hides silver white, bill 

 and legs white. Length 9£ inches. 



93. — T. suhrufa.—New species. — Junglee Keyr, H. — Rufous bellied 

 Babller. 



This apparently undescribed species is only found in thick jungle. I 

 have hitherto only seen it in the bamboo jungles of the Wynaad near 

 Manantoddy. It has similar manners to the others, feeding on the ground, 

 and on being disturbed retreating to the thick clumps of bamboos, through 

 which ihey make their way with much adroitness, chattering all the 

 while, and generally contrive to conceal themselves from view. Their 

 note is similar in character, though quite distinct from any of its con- 

 geners. Its colours mark an approach to the Crateropi. Mr. Elliot 

 mentions this species in his notes as found in the jungles of the Southern 

 Mahratta Country ; so it is probably found in most of the elevated jungles 

 along the range of the ghauts, though not as far as I have seen found 

 below the mountains.. 



