1 76 TTTKBID-^. 



The female differs from the male in having the upper back &c. 

 suffused with olive-green as in the allied species. It is not known 

 that there is anj- seasonal change of colour worthy of note. Youn;/ 

 in first plumage have pale, dull chestnut siiaft-lincs to the feathers 

 of the head and back, chestnut tips to the wing-coverts, and pale 

 centres and obscure dark margins to the feathers of the breast. The 

 ear-coverts have also dai'k tips. 



The jYicobar Ground-Thrush is confined to the Nicobar Islands, 

 where it appears to be a resident. 



a. $ ad. sk. Nicobars, Dec. 1878 Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay [P.]. 



( Capt. Wimherley). 



33. Geocichla innotata. 



Geocichla innotata*, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xv. p. 370 (1846) ; id. 



J. A. S. Bent), xvi. p. 146 (1847) ; Ball, Sir. F. 1873, p. 69 ; 



Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 221 ; Hume 8,- Davison, Stray Feath. vi. 



p. 250 (1878). 

 Tardus innotatus {Blyth), Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 260. no. 3798 (1869). 



In size and wing-formula this species resembles G. citrina (Lath.). 

 In colour' it only differs from that species in having the head and 

 nape lich dark orange-chestnut as in G. albogularis, and in having 

 the wing without any Avhite bar, as in the last- mentioned species 

 and G. andamanensis. Prom the two latter species, besides differing 

 from the former in the colour of the throat and from the latter 

 in the colour of the head, it is distinguished by its larger size 

 and less rounded wing. BiU, legs, &c. as in G. citrina. "Wings 

 with the fourth primary slightly the longest, second primary equal 

 to or longer than the sixth, bastard primary 1-05 to l-l) inch. 

 Length of wing 4-8 to 4-55 inches, tail 3-0 to 2-8, culmen O'B, 

 tarsus 1'3 to 1-25. 



The female differs from the male in having the upper back &e. 

 suffused with olive-green as in the allied species. It is not known 

 that any change of colour is produced by the autumn moult. Young 

 in first plumage appear to be unknown. 



The Malay Ground-Thrush appears to be confined to the Burma 

 peninsula. It has been recorded from South Burma and Malacca. 

 It is not known that it is migratory. 



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

 The descriptions have been taken from skins in the Tweeddale collec- 

 tion, in the possession of Capt. Wardlaw Ilamsay, and in my own. 



34. Geocichla naevia. 



Spotted Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 27 (178-3). 



Tardus nsevius, Gmel. Syst. 'Nat. i. p. 817 (1788) ; Lath. Lnd. Orn. 



i. p. 3n (1790) ; Vieill. Ois. Amer. sept. iii. pi. Ixvi. (1807) ; 



J'teill. N. Did. d'Hist. Nat. xx. p. 289 (1818) ; Aiidtib. Orn. Biogr. 



* Misspelt innotota. 



