TURDOIUES. 191 «'. Ear-coverts blackish and darker than the rest of the head T. yrlseus yriseus, p. 193. b' . Ear-coverts same as the rest of the head T. g. striatus, p. 194. e. Tail rufous; primaries without pale edo'es. c'. Throat and breast mottled with brown , T. somervillei, p. 194. C. Throat and breast uniformly rufous. . T. rufescens, p. 195. D, Throat pale rufous, breast dark rufous. T. cinereifrons, p. 196.
(183) Turdoides terricolor terricolor.
The Bengal Jungle-Babbler.
- Pastor tenicolor Hodgs., J. A. S. B., v, p. 771 (1836) (Nepal).
- Crateropus cunorus. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 110.
Vernacular names. C7ia/«r7*m (Beng.); Pengiia-mainaiRmdi.in the U.P.);!Sat Bhai, Jangli-khi/r, Ghonghai (Hind.); Pedda-Sida (Tel.); Kutch-batchia (Behar).
Description. Upper plumage, coverts and inner secondaries pale brown, cinereous on the head and rump, slightly fulvous on
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Fig. 31.—Head of T. t. terricolor.
the upper tail-coverts, the back with dark brown streaks and whitish shaft-stri[)es; tail brown, paler towards the base and darker towards the end, which is tipped with white and cross-rayed; wings dark brown, edged with ashy on the outer webs; lores whitish with a narrow black line above them; sides of the head like the crown; chin and throat cinereous, faintly cross-barred darker; breast fulvous ashy with whitish shafts; abdomen, vent and under tail-coverts fulvous; the sides tinged with brown and with faint white shafts.
Colours of soft parts. Iris white, yellowish white or creamy white; orbital skin pale yellow; legs and claws yellow, chrome- yellow, fleshy-yellow or yellowish white; bill chrome-yellow, yellowish white, dirty whitish or, rarely, pale horny-yellow.
Measurements. Length 250 to 260 mm.; wing 103 to 110 mm.; tail 108 to 115 mm.; tarsus about 32 to 34 mm.; culmen about 25 to 26 mm.
Distribution. Northern India from the U.P., Eastern Eajpu-
