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QroAj, Gen. of Birds, III. App. p. 10. Jerd., III. 
Ind. Orn. p. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 378. 
Malacocircus geoclirous, Hodgs. Gray s Zool. Misc. 
(1844), JO. 83. 
BuERA Phenga, Hind., Tic/cell. 
a. Bengal. Presented by fhe Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
" Common in heavy reed and grass jungle in Bengal, and is also 
numerous in Nepal." — (Blyth, Journ. A. S. Beng. XIII. p. 369.) 
" Nest hemispherical ; composed of grasses, rather loosely inter- 
woven : generally on bushes in jungle. Eggs from 2 to 4 ; ff X ^ ; 
rather lengthened in shape ; clear full verditer blue. June." — 
(Capt. Tickell, Journ. A. S. Beng. XYII. p. 301.) 
322. MALAC0CIRCU8 CAUDATU8, Dumeril Sp. 
Cossyphus caudatus, Dumeril. 
Malacocircus caudatus, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. 
p. 141. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 373. 
Timalia caudata, G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 228. 
Timalia chatarrhoea, FranUin, P. Z. S. (1831), ^. 118 ; 
Journ. A. S. Beng. I. p. 313. Sykes, P. Z. S. 
(1832), p. 89. Jerd., Madr. Journ. L. S. X. p. 260. 
Malacocircus chatarrhoea, Blyth, Journ. A, S. Beng. XIII. 
p. 369. Jerd., III. Bid. Orn. p. 
Striated Babbler, Jerd. 
Dfmei, Hind., Jerd. 
Htjni, Tamul ? Jerd. 
Hedo and Laila, Sciude, Blyth. 
Cheelchel, Plains, Boyle. 
Chota Phenga, Tickell. 
A. Dukhun. Presented by Colonel Sykes. 
B. Assam. Presented by J. McClelland, Esq. 
C. Bengal. Presented by the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
" The Dumri is found all over the Peninsula, in the open plains 
when covered with a few scattered bushes, or in low but thin jungle. 
It is a shy and wary bird, flying before you from bush to bush, and 
having a whistling sort of cry, which it is frequently heard repeating. 
It flies low, and, like others of the genus, alternately with a few rapid 
beats of the wing, and a sailing with outstretched wings. Eeeds on 
