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rufous, whitish on the middle of the bell}^ and vent ; the wings 
brown, the coverts tipped with rufous ; the bill is rather shorter and 
thicker, and is of a horny colour above, yellowish below at base. 
Genus Trtchastoma, Blyth {p. 226). 
662. TRICHASTOMA ABBOTTI, Blyth. 
Malacocincla Abbotti, Bhjtli, J. A. S. Beng. XI Y. p. 601 
(1845). 
Trichastoma Abbotti, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XVI. 
p. 462 ; Cat. Birds Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 147. 
Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 259. Moore, P. Z. S. 
(1854), p. 
Malacopteron Abbotti, G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, III. 
App. p. 9. 
A. Nepal (No. 919, Hodgs. Catal.). Presented by B. 
H. Hodgson, Esq., September, 1853. 
B. c. d. Dacca. Presented by Captain R. C. Tytler, 1854. 
T. Ahhotti. Colour above, plain olive-brown, tinged with rufous 
on the rump and tail ; the upper tail-coverts ferruginous brown, 
under-parts paler ; the throat and middle of the belly white ; the 
ear-coverts, sides of the breast, and flanks rufescent ; the lower tail- 
coverts pale ferruginous ; bill horn-colour, paler beneath. Length 
6 in., of wing 3 in., tail 2^ in., bill to gape ^ in., and tarse the same. 
663. TRICHASTOMA RO STRATUM, Blyth. 
Trichastoma rostratum, Blyth, J. A. ^. Beng. XI. p. 795 
(1842) ; XIII. p. 383 ; XVI. p. 462 ; Cat. Birds 
Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 147. Bonap., C. G. Av. 
p. 259. 
Malacopteron rostratum, G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. 
p. 209. 
A. B. c. Malacca. Presented by Dr. Cantor, April, 1854. 
T. rostratum. Colour of the upper parts uniform olive-brown, 
somewhat darker on the crown, and having a slight ruddy tinge on 
the rump and tail ; the whole under-parts pure white, a little sullied 
on the breast and lower tail-coverts ; lores and sides of the head pale 
fulvescent brown, and sides of the neck to the breast ashy ; upper 
mandible horny black ; lower yellowish white, except at its extreme 
tip ; legs deeply tinged with yellowish brown. Length about 6 in., 
