Ornith. [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 Timelian a.; ǁ Timeliidæ pl., a provisional family or group of passerine birds, which have been supposed to be related to Timelia; Timeliine a., allied, or assumed to be allied, to Timelia.
1896. Newton, 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.
1874. Ibis, Jan., 89 (Cass Supp.). Description of a new *Timaliine bird from West Africa.
1881. R. P. Sharpe, Catal. Birds Brit. Mus., VI. 301. Birds which are true Wrens and others which are truly Timeliine.
1898. Field, 12 April, 518. The concave Timeliine shape of the wing … is reckoned of little worth.
