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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
60. TRICHOSTOMA PEREUGINOSUM. 
THE FERRUGINOUS THRUSH-BABBLER. 
Malacopteron ferruginosum, Bl. J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 383; Salvad. Ucc. Born. 
p. 228 ; Hume ^ Dav. S. F. \i. p. 273 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 96. 
Description. — Male and female. The whole upper plumage bright ferru- 
ginous^ the inner webs of the wing-quills being plain brown ; upper tail- 
coverts and tail chestnut ; lores pale fulvous ; sides of the head paler 
ferruginous than the upper plumage ; the whole lower plumage pale buffy 
or isabelline. 
Legs and feet fleshy white ; upper mandible dirty white ; lower mandible 
dark brown ; irides pale wood-brown. {Davison.) 
Length 6*5 inches^ tail 2'3, wing 3^ tarsus !_, bill from gape '85. 
The Ferruginous Thrush-Babbler has occurred only in the extreme south 
of Tenasserim at Malewoon and on the Pakchan^ where it appears to be 
rare. 
It has been found at Malacca_, and it probably occurs throughout the 
Malay peninsula. It also inhabits Borneo. 
Mr. Davison states that it keeps habitually on the ground^ only flying 
up into the bushes and trees when disturbed^ and that it inhabits dense 
forests. 
Genus TURDINUS, Blyth. 
61. TURDINUS ABBOTTI. 
ABBOTT'S THRUSH-BABBLER. 
Malacccincla abbotti, Bl J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 601. Trichastoma abbotti, Jerd, 
B. Ind. ii. p. 17 ; Bl. ^ Wald. B. Burm. p. 115 ; Oates, S. F. v. p. 161 ; Tweedd. 
Ibis, 1877, p. 452, pi, xi. f. 2 ; Hume 8r Dav. S. F. vi. p. 259 ; Hume, S. F, 
viii. p. 95. Malacopteron olivaceum*, Strichl. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 1, xix, 
p. 132 ; Hume, S. F. ix. p. 108. 
Description. — Male and female. The lores, an eye-streak extending to the 
ear-coverts, and the feathers of the eyelids, forming a conspicuous circle 
round the eye, grey ; the whole upper surface olive-brown, the shafts of 
the feathers paler and the rump brighter and tinged with ferruginous ; 
* The type of this does not appear to be in the Strickland collection, for it is not 
mentioned by Mr. Salvin in his Catalogue. 
