1. GEOCICHLA. 151 



n'. Chin, throat, and ear-coverts orange-chest- 

 nut. 

 (/". Ijennrth of wing 4-8 to 4"4 inches. 



Underparts and head orange-chestnut. . citriiKi, p. 172. 

 h". Length of wing 4'4 to 4 inches. Under- 

 parts and head dark orange-che.'^tnut . . ruhecuhi, ji. 174. 

 k. Wing-coverts uuiforni skite-grey. 



o'. Head and nape brownish chestnut. Chin 

 greyish white; throat orange -cliestnut. 

 Second primary between tlie .sixth and 



seventh. Length of wing 4'i! lo o'8 inclies undaiuanensk, p. 175. 

 p'. Head and nape rich dark orange-cliostuut. 

 Chin and upper throat nearly white. Se- 

 cond primary between thesixth and seventh. 



Length of wing 4'2 to o'9 inches a/hoi/itlciris, p. 175. 



q'. Head and nape rich dark orange-chestnut. 

 Chin, throat, breast, and Hanks orange- 

 chestnut. Second primary equal to or 

 slightly longer than the si.xth. Length of 

 wing 4'8 to 4'55 inches innotata, p. 17(5. 



F. Sexes ditferent. A more or less distinct eye- 



stripe. Adult male with the chin, throat, and 



breast un-^ipotted. (Subgeneric group Hesperocichl.e.) 



/. Wing-coverts or innermost secondaries with 

 pale tips. 

 »•'. Eye-stripe very distinct. 



i". Eye-.stripe, throat, and tips of greater and 



median wing-coverts chestnut ncevia, p. 176. 



k". Eye-stripe and tips of greater and me- 

 dian wing-coverts white. Throat black 

 in male, white spotted with black in 



female tcardii, p. 178. 



s'. Eye-stripe indistinct ; primaries white at 



base of outside web pinicola, p. 179. 



m. Wing-coverts and innermost secondaries slate- 

 grey in male, brown in female ; almost uni- 

 " form in colour sihirka, p. 180. 



G. Axillaries uniform buff; tlie bull' patch on the 



inner webs of the quills extending onto the 



second and third primaries. (Subgeneric group Psophocichl^.) 

 n. Breast and flanks nearly white, spotted with 

 black. General colour of upper parts pale 



grey litsifsinq)a, p. 182. 



0. Breast and flanks bufl", spotted with black. 



General colour of rqiper parts pale brown . . simeHsis, p. 183. 

 H. Upper parts longitudinally streaked. 



(Subgeneric group Cichlopasseres.) tei-irstris, p. 183. 



1. Geocichla varia. 



Tardus varius, r„l/. /o.„/r. Ii,.ss„-As. i. p. 440 (1811) ; Mar,/, lirit. B. 

 ii. p. 140 (i8;',9) : S,i,t>L Vi-L Ak. Ilandl. 1840, p. 37 ; Tinun. Man. 

 d'Orn. iv. p. liOi! (1840); Werner, Alias, Im.dir. App. pi. 7 

 (1842); .Situd. Isis, 184^"), p. 119; IIui>i,i/,r, i?/(e«, 1849, p. 144 ; 

 Kjterb. Danm. Fuql. p. 134 (1852) ; Sunid. Svensk. For/l. pi. Ixvii. 

 tig. 1 (1850) ; Jiad'de, JRek. Sibir., Vnq. p. 231 (1863) ; Grai/, Hand-/. 

 B. i. p. 254. no. 3687 (1869); Xewt. ed. Van: Brit. B. i. p. 251 

 (1872); Tweeddak, P. 7^.8. 1878, p. 429; Dresser, B. Eur. pt. 

 Ixxii. (1878). 



