. Birds. Birds. 132 CEATEEOPODIDiE. 134. Timelia pileata. The Bed-capped Babbler. Timelia pUeata, Horsf. Trans. lAnn. Soo. xiii, p. 151 (1821) ; Blyth. Cat. p. 149; Horsf. ^ M. Cat. i, p. 237; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 24 Sume, N. ^ E. p. 246; id. S. F. iii, p. 118; OaUs, S. F. v, p. 162 _ Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 634; Hume ^ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 267 ; Oates, B. B. p. 44 ; Sharps, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 507 j Oates in Humis N. ^ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 90. Timelia bengalfinsis, Qodwin-Austen, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 143 (1872) ; Oates, S. F. vii, p. 41; Cripps, S. F. â vii,*p. 277 ; Hume, Cat. no. 396 ;
. Birds. Birds. 132 CEATEEOPODIDiE. 134. Timelia pileata. The Bed-capped Babbler. Timelia pUeata, Horsf. Trans. lAnn. Soo. xiii, p. 151 (1821) ; Blyth. Cat. p. 149; Horsf. ^ M. Cat. i, p. 237; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 24 Sume, N. ^ E. p. 246; id. S. F. iii, p. 118; OaUs, S. F. v, p. 162 _ Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 634; Hume ^ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 267 ; Oates, B. B. p. 44 ; Sharps, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 507 j Oates in Humis N. ^ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 90. Timelia bengalfinsis, Qodwin-Austen, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 143 (1872) ; Oates, S. F. vii, p. 41; Cripps, S. F. â vii,*p. 277 ; Hume, Cat. no. 396 ; id. S. F. xi, p. 143. Timelia jerdoni, JfaW. A. M. N. H. (4), x, p. 61 (1872); Bl. ^ WaM. Birds Burm. p. 114. I'he Bed-capped Wren-Babbler, Jerd,. Fig. 36.âHead of T. Coloration. Porehead and a streak on each side over and past the eye white ; lores black; crown deep rufous ; ear-eoverts white in front, ashy behind ; upper plumage and exposed parts of wings olive-brown, tinged with fulvous, the mantle suffused with ashy and with blackish shafts; tail dark brown, cross-rayed; cheeks, chin, and throat white; breast white, with distinct narrow black shaft-lines ; sides of neck deep grey, produced down the sides of the breast; remainder of lower parts ferruginous, tinged with olivaceous on the sides of the abdomen. Birds from the Himalayas, Assam, and Manipur have the lower parts more olivaceous and less ferruginous than those from other parts. Javan birds have a very narrow white forehead, but differ in no other respect from Indian and Burmese specimens. Bill black; iris dark red; eyelids dark bluish grey; mouth black ; legs purpurescent-brown; claws horn-colour. Length 7 ; tail 3'2 ; wing 2'5; tarsus 1; bill from gape 'TS. Distribution. The plains and lower hills along the border of Nepal, Sikhim, and Bhutan, extending up the Assam valley to Sadiya. This bird is found over a considerable portion of Bengal. Thence it occurs in all the countries to the east and southwards throug
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