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neighbourhood of Jaulnah, in jungly district, in thick hedges, and 
thick wooded nullahs. From the dense nature of the bushes it 
frequents, it is with difficulty observed and obtained. I have 
generally seen it in parties of five or six, occasionally giving out a 
low and indistinct sort of chattering. Fragments of various insects 
were found in the stomachs of tliose I procured. It is called Fundi 
jitta, or Pig Eird, in Telugu ; a name given from its habits of making 
its way under the bushes, never showing itself above." 
Mr. Blyth states : " Its note considerably resembles that of 
Malacocercus caudatus, except in being proportionally weaker." 
" In Ceylon, it is confined to the vicinity of Colombo, and is not 
uncommon ; it is generally found in small flocks about the cinnamon 
and other low bushes, creeping about in search of insects." — (Layard.) 
Genus Trichixos, Lesson, Rev. Zool. (1839), p. 167. 
TuRDiEOSTRis, A. Hay, Madr. Journ. XIII. 2, p. 163 
(1844). 
661. TRICHIXOS PYRRHOPYGA, Lesson. 
Trichixos pyrrhopyga, Lesson, Rev. Zool. (1839), p. 167. 
Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. App. p. xx. 
Tiu'dirostris superciliaris, A. Hay, Madr. Journ. XIII. 
pt. 2, p. 163 (1844). Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. 
Beng. p. 145. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 217. 
Macronus superciliaris, G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, III. 
App. p. 9. 
Napothera pyrrhomelanura, Miiller. 
A. Malacca. Presented by W. Griffith, Esq. 
C. d. ? or jun. Malacca. Presented by Dr. Cantor, 1854. 
T. pyrrhopyga. Male, colour of the head, nape, back, chin, throat, 
bi-east, and shoulders ashy black, deepest above ; a white superciliary 
stripe above, but not beyond, the eye ; rump, upper tail-coverts, and 
tail bright rufous, the latter tipped with a broad deep brown-black 
band ; wings brown, margined with ashy ; flanks and under tail- 
coverts rufous ; belly and vent whitish, washed with rufous ; bill 
black ; legs pale yellow. Length 8|^in., of wing 4 in., tail 4 in. (its 
outermost feathers shorter), bill to front (through the feathers) 
ly\jin., to gape If in., tarse 1-^0 in. In the young, or female, the 
plumage above is brown mixed with rufous ; the forehead, round 
the eyes, chin, throat, breast, flanks, and under tail-coverts dusky- 
