CINCLOSOMA. 



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Two egi^s in Mr. Keartland's collection, that were taken by Mr. Jardine, are short ovals in 

 form, the shell being close-grained, dull, and lustreless. They are of a dull white or very light 

 stone-grey ground colour, which is freckled and spotted with different shades of brown, inter- 

 mingled with similar underlying freckles and spots of faint bluish-grey; the markings are of 

 irregular shape and are almost uniformly distributed over the shell, but they are more thickly 

 disposed on one specimen than the otiier. They measure alike 0-87 xo-y inches, and resemble 

 in colour and markings a variety of the egg of the common introduced House Sparrow (Passer 

 domesiicHs). 



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O-en-U-S CI3SrOIjOS03S^.^^, Vigors (fc Horsjield. 



Cinclosoma punctatum. 



SPOTTED GEOUND-THRtrSH. 

 Turdns punctatus, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xliv., (1801). 



Ciniclosoma jiutictatum, Gould, Bcls. Austr., foL, Vol. IV., pi. 4 (1848); id., Handbk. Bds. Austr., 

 Vol. I., p. 4.33 (186.5); yharpe. Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., Vol. VTI., p. 332 (1883); Hand-1. 

 Bds., Vol. IV., p. 2 (1903). 



Adult male — General colour above hrown, ivith blackish centres to the feathers, narrower and 

 less distinct on the crown of the head, hind-neck, rump, and upper tail-coverts, the latter tvith a 



greyisli ivash towards the tips; upper 

 iving-coverts glossy black with a spot 

 of white at the tip; primaries brotvn, 

 margined externally with ashy-grey 

 at the base, tvhite in the centre; the 

 outermost secondaries dark brown, 

 broadly margined externally with 

 broivn, the iiinermost series chestnut, 

 ^, bro^unish at tlie tips, with a broad 

 longitudinal stripe of black on the 

 outer web; two central tail featliers 

 brown, slightly washed with grey 

 except near the shaft, and having 

 narroiv whitish edges and a small 

 indistinct blackish spot at the lip; 

 tlie remainder black largely tipped 

 tvith wliite; forehead grey ; cheeks, lores, feathers around and extending in a narrow line behind the 

 eye black, bordered above with a broad n-hite superciliary stripe; ear-coverts broivn, greyisli at the 

 base; a large oval spot on the side of the neck pure tvhite, margined tvith a narroiv black line which 

 joins the glossy blue-black feathers of the chin and throat; fore-neck grey, the lower feathers next the 

 breast largely tipped with black; breast and abdomen ivhite, tvith a very faint creamy-buff tinge; 

 sides of the body rich fulvous-brown, whitish at the tips, tvith a large tear-shaped spot of black in the 

 centre of each feather ; under tail-coverts creamy-buff mesially streaked with black, some of the longer 

 feathers whitish at the tip; bill black; legs and feet pale flesh colotir ; iris dark grey. Total length 

 in the flesh 10 75 inches, tving J^ 3, tail 4 5, bill 7, tarsus 1-2. 



Adult female — Distinguished from the male by being slightly duller in colour and less 

 distinctly marked on the upper parts ; the upper wing-coverts are grey with black centres and white 

 tips; the superciliary stripe is pale creamy-btiff; lores and feathers around the eye tvhitish; chin and 

 throat very pale creamy-buff; the large spot on the side of the neck orange-buff instead of white; no 



SPOTTED GROU.N'D-THRUSH. 



