158 TURDID.T,. 



they are, however, chestiiut-hrowii instead of ochraceous, as in 

 6r. dauma. It diflers also from G. heiiiii in having the pale tips 

 to the outside tail-feathers very small and obscure. The breast 

 is very slightly suffused with buff, and the terminal black bands to 

 the feathers are almost semilunar ; the basal portion of the inner 

 webs of the secondaries and many of the primaries is white, only * 

 the last primary on which the white occurs showing a buff tint. 

 Bill dark brown, paler at the base of the under mandible. Wing 

 with the third, fourth, and titth primaries nearly equal and longest, 

 second primary between the fifth and sixth, bastard primary 0-9 

 inch. Legs, feet, and claws pale brown. Length of wing 5-2 

 inches, tail 3-7, culraen 1-23, tarsus 1-12. 



Nothing is known of the difference between the sexes, or between 

 summer and winter plumage. Young in first plunvtge have the 

 chestnut-brown subterminal spots on most of the feathers of the 

 upper parts, the breast is more suffused with buff', and the terminal 

 bars on the underparts are more diffused over the whole surface 

 and still less crescentic. 



The Neilgherrie Ground-Thrush appears to be confined to the 

 mountain-ranges of South-west India, wliere it is a resident, pro- 

 bably migrating only to the neighbouring valleys during the cold 

 season. 



The British Museum does not possess an example of this species. 

 The only specimens in Europe appear to be an adult and young in 

 first plumage in the Tweeddale collection, in the possession of Capt. 

 Wardlaw Ramsaj". 



9. Geocichla papuensis. (Plate IX.) 



General colour of the upper parts russet-brown, each feather 

 becoming slightly more ochraceous towards the tip, where it is ter- 

 minated by a narrow black crescentic band, the feathers of the 

 crown and nape having conspicuous subterminal ochraceous spots 

 (a character which distinguishes this species from G. heinii) ; the 

 wing-coverts, wings, and tail-feathers have the usual markings of 

 the subgeneric group of Oreocinclce, but the inner web of the out- 

 side tail-feather on each side is white at the tip for an inch and 

 a half (a character which distinguishes this species from all its 

 known near allies except G. heinii). The underparts are white, 

 suffused with buff on the upper throat and breast, each feather 

 having a narrow black crescentic terminal band, except on the chin, 

 centre of belly, and under tail-coverts. Like all typical species of 

 the genus Geocichla, the basal half of the inner webs of the 

 secondaries and of many of the primaries is pale buff; the 

 basal half of the axillaries and the terminal half of the wing- 

 coverts are white, whilst the terminal half of the axillaries and the 

 basal half of the wing-coverts are black. Bill dark brown, pale at 

 the base of tlie under mandible. Wing with third, fourth, and fifth 

 primaries nearly equal and longest ; second primary about equal in 

 length to the sixth ; bastard primary 0-9 inch. Legs, feet, and claws 



