1 6-1 TUEDII)^. 



fourth primarj' slightly the longest, second primary about equal to 

 the sixth, bastard primary 1-25 to 1-1 inch. Legs, feet, and claws 

 dark brown. Length of wing 4-9 to 4-8 inches, tail '3-05 to 2-8, 

 ciilmen 1-15 to 1-12, tarsus 1-35 to 1-31. 



It is not known that there is any difference of plumage attri- 

 butable to either sex or season. Yoimr/ in Jirst 2)lmnar/e have jisdo 

 ochraceous shafts to most of the feathers of the upper parts, and 

 fan-shaped, ochraceous terminal spots to the wing-coverts. The 

 nnderparts are also much suffused with ochraceous, and the breast 

 and flanks barred with black, the diamond-shaped pale centres 

 being irregular in shape. 



Temminck's Ground-Thrush has been recorded from the islands 

 of Java and Lombock, where it is supposed to be a resident. 



a. Ad. St. Java. Purchased. 



b. S ad. sk. Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C."|. 



c. J ad. sk. Lombock. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [0. j. 



d. e, f. Juv. sk. Lombock. A. R. Wallace, E.sq. [C.J. 



16. Geociclila princei. (Plate XII.). 

 Chamffitylas princei, Sharpe, T. Z. S. 1S7?>, p. fi25. 



Bill of Geocichla princei. 



General coloi;r of the upper parts russet-brown, shading into 

 olive-brown on the head and nape, and into chestnut-brown on the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts ; lores nearly white ; the feathers of 

 the cheeks and ear-coverts bufSsh white, tipped with black ; no 

 trace of eye-stripe ; wings brown, innermost secondaries and outer 

 webs of primaries russet-brown ; wing-coverts with the outer 

 ■webs russet-brown and the inner webs dark brown, the median 

 and^ great coverts with conspicuous fan-shaped white terminal 

 spots ; tail russet-brown, the two outside feathers narrowly 

 tipped with white. * Chin, centre of belly, and under tail-coverts 

 white, shading into pale chestnut-brown on the breast and flanks, a 

 few feathers on the sides of the throat having black fan-shaped 

 terminal spots ; axillaries, basal half white, terminal half black ; 

 lower under wing-coverts, basal half black, terminal half Avhite ; 

 basal portion of inner web of the secondaries and many of the 

 primaries white. Bill abnormally short, the height at the nostrils 

 more than a third of the length of the culmen, dark bi'own above 

 and below, slightly paler at the base of the under mandible ; rictal 



