JOURNAL 



OF THE 



BOMBAY 



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BOMBAY, 1889- 



[Vol. IV. 



NESTING IN WESTERN INDIA. 



{Continued from p. 98.) 



342. -THE MALABAR WHISTLING THRUSH. 



Myioplwneus horsfieldi, Vig. 



The Malabar Whistling Thrush, or Idle Schoolboy, is not uncom- 

 mon on the Ghats, confining itself to the wooded ravines and 

 nullahs on the hill sides. It occurs but very rarely at Aboo. It is 

 a permanent resident, commencing to breed about June ; the nest, 

 which is a very large one, is generally found close to water ; * it is 

 composed of fine sticks, roots, grass, moss, &c, having a good deal 

 of earth mixed with it, especially at the bottom. 



The eggs, four in number, are broad ovals, slightly pinched in at 

 one end, measuring 122 inches in length, by about 0'95 in breadth. 



In colour they are pinkish- or greyish-white, thickly speckled and 

 spotted with pinkish-brown. 



They breed very commonly at Poorundhur, near Poona, where 

 they are known as Hill Blue Birds. 



Khandalla, hth June. H. E. Barnes. 



Saptashring Nassick, July. J. Davidson, C. S. 



345.— THE YELLOW-BREASTED GROUND THRUSH, 



Pitta brachyura, Linn. 

 The Indian or Yellow -breasted Ground Thrush has not been 

 recorded from Sind; it occurs sparingly at and around Deesa, but 



* Air. Davidson ,C.S., has often found them in the faces of tremendous cliffs. 

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