172 TTJRDID.Ti:. 



28. Geocichla cyanonotus. 



Turdus cj'tinotus, Jard. ^- Selby, III. Orn. i. pi. xlvi. (1828) ; Sykes, 

 P. Z. S". 1832, ID. 87 ; Jerd. Madr. Jotini. x. p. 254 (1830) ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 2o9. no. 3792 (18119). 



Geocichla cvaiiota {Jard. Sf Selby), Blt/th, J. A. S. Beng. xvi. p. 145 

 (1847); Bh/th, Cat. B. Mus. As. Suc.\x 163 (1849); Bp. Consp. 

 i. p. 2U8 (1850) ; Ilofsf. Sr Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 191 

 (1854); Jerd. B. Ltd. i. p. 517(1802); Hume, Nests and Ec/ys 

 Ind. B. p. 229 (1873) ; Ball, Stray Fcath. 1874, p. 407 ; Hume, 

 Stray Feath. 1876, p. 398. 



In the adult male in spring plumage the head and nape are green 

 ochraceous ; the general colour of the rest of the upper parts pale 

 slate-grey, each feather darker in the centre ; no trace of an ej'e- 

 stripe ; cheeks white ; a dark-brown band extends from the eye 

 halfway to the shoulder ; behind this is a white baud extending 

 nearly to the shoulder ; behind this another shorter dark-brown 

 band, leaving a small white spot at the junction of the ear-coverts 

 and the nape ; wings and tail the same as in G. citrina. Underparts 

 as in G. citrina, except that the chin and throat are white. Bill 

 dai-k brown above and below. Wiug with the fourth and fifth 

 primaries nearly equal and longest, second primary between the 

 sixth and seventh, bastard primary 1"0 to O-So inch. Legs, feet, 

 and claws flesh-colour. Length of wing 4-3 to 4-0 inches, tail 3-1 

 to 2-8, culmen 0-9 to 0-85, tarsus 1-2 to 1-15. 



The female appears to differ from the male in having the upper 

 back, scapulars, outer webs of secondaries, greater aud lesser wing- 

 coverts, and innermost secondaries suffused with olive-green. In 

 most cases the greater wing-coverts are tii)ped with orange-chestnut, 

 leading to the supposition that they are birds of the year. No 

 change worthy of note is produced by the autumn moult. Young 

 in first plumage appear to be unknown. 



The White-throated Ground-Thrush appears to be confined to the 

 jungles of Central and Southern India, probably breeding in the 

 former and retiring to the latter during the cool season. 



Puicliased. 



B. n. Hodgson, Esq. [C.]. 



Purchased. 



Major Hayes Lloyd [P.J. 



Major Ha^'es Lloyd [ P.]. 



F. W. Bourdillou [C.]. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 29. Geocichla citrina. 



Orange-headed Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. i. p. 145 (1787). 

 Turdus citrinus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 350 (1790); Temm. PL Col. 



no. 445 (1828) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 220 (1847) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 



i. p. 259. no. 3790 (1869). 

 Turdus macei, Vieill N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xx. p. 270 (1818). 

 Turdus lividus, Tiekell, J. A. S. Beng. ii. p. 677 (1833). 

 Petroeinela cyanota {Jard.), apml Hodys. MS. Drawings {in the 



Brit. Mus.) of Birds of Nejja!, Passeres, pis. 138, 139. no. 534, 



undi Hodgs. Gray's Zoo'l. Misc. p. 83 (1844). 



