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‖ Timelia Ornith.|taɪˈmiːlɪə|
[Altered by Sundevall (1872) from Horsfield's name Timalia (1820), said to be from an E. Ind. name.]
A genus of East Indian oscine birds, the type of which is T. pileata, a small bird found from Nepāl to Cochin China and Java. Hence tiˈmelian a.; ‖ tiˈmeliidæ pl., a provisional family or group of passerine birds, which have been supposed to be related to Timelia; timeliine |taɪˈmiːlɪaɪn| a., allied, or assumed to be allied, to Timelia.
1896Newton Dict. Birds 963 The Troglodytidæ (Wren)..were referred to the *Timeliidæ, whereas if their union were necessary, the *Timelias should have been referred to the Wrens.
Ibid., note, A solution of the *Timelian difficulty will indeed be a great feat.
1874Ibis Jan. 89 (Cass. Supp.) Description of a new *Timaliine bird from West Africa. 1881R. B. Sharpe Catal. Birds Brit. Mus. VI. 301 Birds which are true Wrens and others which are truly Timeliine. 1898Field 12 Apr. 518 The concave Timeliine shape of the wing..is reckoned of little worth. |