IG'J Tl'EDID^. 



and one or two of the others slightly so. Chiu, throat, and 

 sides of the neck black ; the rest of the undeqjarts white, the 

 feathers on the breast and flanks having black semicircular terminal 

 spots ; axillaries, basal halt' white, terminal half dark brown ; lower 

 under wing-coverts, basal portion black, terminal portion white ; 

 basal portion of inside web of the secondaries and most of the pri- 

 maries white. Bill dark at the base of the upper mandible, the re- 

 mainder probably yellow. ^Ying with the fourth and fifth primaries 

 nearly equal and longest, second primary between the sixth and 

 seventh, bastard primary 1*0 to 0-9 inch. Legs, feet, and claws pale. 

 Length of wing 4-61 to 4-35 inches, tail 3-25 to 2-U5, culmen 91 

 to 0-81, tarsus 1-35. 



It is not known that there is any difference between the plumage 

 of the male and that of the female, or between the summer and 

 !f'?'rt<f'>- plumage. Young in first plu)nage have pale streaks on the 

 shafts of the scapulars, a nearly white chin and throat, and have 

 the rest of the underparts considerably suffused with ochraceous. 



The Makassar Ground-Thrush has only been found on the island 

 of Celebes, where it is supposed to be a resident. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Celebes. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Celebes. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



d. S ad- sk. Makassar. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of Geocichla enjthronota, Sclater.) 



19. Geocichla interpres. 



Turdus interpres, Kuhl,fde Temm. PL Col ii. no. 458 (1828) : Less. 



Traite, p. 410 (1831); Grm/, Gen. B. i. p. 220 (1847j ; Gray, 



Hand-I. B. i. p. 2C0. no. 3794 (1869). 

 Geocichla interpres (Temm.), Hard. Syst. Verz. f. 41 (1844); Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 268 (1850) ; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. 3Ius. E.I. Co. i. 



p. 191 (1854). 



In the adult male in sprhig plumage the head is brownish chest- 

 nut, shading into orange-chestnut on the nape ; the rest of the 

 upper parts slate-grey ; lores greyish white ; no trace of eye-stripe ; 

 ear-coverts and cheeks black, the feathers of the former with white 

 bases ; innermost secondaries and quills dark brown ; wing-coverts 

 nearly black ; median wing-coverts white ; greater wing-coverts 

 tipped with white ; unemarginated portion of outside web of pri- 

 maries pale slate- grey ; tail brown, the oiitside feather on each side 

 broadly tipped with white, and the nest narrowly so. Chin, throat, 

 and upper breast black ; rest of the underparts white, suftused with 

 ochraceous on the flanks ; the feathers of the lower breast with 

 conspicuous fan-shaped black terminal spots, which become obscure 

 on the flanks ; axillaries, basal portion white, terminal portion dark 

 slate-grey ; lower under wing-coverts, basal portion black, terminal 

 portion white ; basal portion of inner web of the secondaries and 

 many of the primaries white. Bill dark brown above and below. 

 Wing with the fourth and fifth pi-imarics nearly equal and longest, 

 second primary between the seventh and eighth, bastard primary 

 0-95 to 0-85 inch. Legs, feet, and claws flesh-colour. Length of 



