178 TTEDID^. 



35. Geocichla wardi. 



Turdos wardii, Jerd. J. A. S. Bentj. xi. p. 882 ('1842") ; Gray, Gen. B. 



i. p. 219 (1847): Jird. Itl. Ind. Orn. pi. viii. (1847); Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 256. no. 3716 (1869) ; Legge, Birds of Ceylon, 



p. 4-53 (1879). 

 Turd us picaoides, Hodg$. MS. Drawings (in the Brit. Mus.) of Birds 



of Xe/xd, Pas^res, pL 145 a. no. 363, and pi. 150. no, 363 {male), 



und'e Hodgi. Grays Zod. Mi%c. p. 83 (1844). 

 Oreocincla micropus, Hodgs. MS. Drawings {in the Brit. Mus.) of 



Birds of Xepal. Passeres. pi. 158 a. no. 858 (female), unde Hodgs. 



Gray'sZool. Misc. p. 83 (1844). 

 Zoothera melanoleuca, Marti. Syst. Verz. p. 42 (1844); id. Bev. 



Zod. 1845, p. 407. 

 Merula wardii {Jerd.). Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xri. p. 146 a847) ; Blyfh, 



Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 163 (1849) ; Kelaart, Prodr. Cat. p. 122 



(1852); Layard, Ann. Xat. Hist. 1853, p. 270; Sorsf. 8f Moore, 



Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. L p. 402 (1854) ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. ^c. 



Xepal Coll. Hodgs. p. 41 (1863). 

 Tardus micropus (Hodgs.), Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 218 (1847). 

 Cichloselvs wardii (Jerd.), Bp. Compt. Bend. xxxviiL p. 5 (1854) ; 



Hume^Xests ^ Eggs Ind. B. p. 231 (1873). 

 Turdulus -vrardii (Jerd. ), Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 520 (1862) ; Hddsw. 



P. Z. S. 1872, p. 445: Jerd. Urn, 1872, p. 135. 

 Turdus (C'icliloselTs) wardii, Brooks, Str. F. 1875, p. 2-37. 

 Oreocincla pectoralis, Legge, Str. F. 1876, p. 244 ; Hume, Str. F, 



1877, p. 202. 



In the adult male in spring plumage the general colour of the 

 upper parts is black ; lores and ear-corerts black ; eye-stripe very 

 clearly defined, white, extending to the nape ; "wing-coverts, inner- 

 most secondaries, some of the primaries, upper tail-coverts, and 

 most of the tail-feathers more or less conspicuously tipped with 

 white ; quiUs dark brown, the outside webs nearly black, and edged 

 with white for some distance, where they cease to be emarginated. 

 Chin, throat, and breast black ; the rest of the underparts white, the 

 feathers on the flanks having broad, irregularly crescent ic, trans- 

 verse, subterminal black bands ; axUlaries, basal half white, terminal 

 half black edged with white ; lower under wing-coverts, basal 

 half black, terminal half white ; basal portion of inner web of the 

 secondaries and many of the primaries white. Bill yellow above 

 and below. ^Ving with the third and fourth primaries nearly equal 

 and longest, second primary between the fifth and sixth, bastard 

 primary 0'9 to 0-7 inch. Legs, feet, and claws pale brownish yellow. 

 Length of wing 4-6 to 4-4 inches, tail 3-3 to 3-1, culmen 1-1 to 0*92, 

 tarsus 1-1 to 1-0. 



The female has the general colour of the upper parts olive-brown ; 

 the eye-stripe and spots on the wing-coverts are smaller and ochra- 

 ceous ; the spots on the innermost secondaries and primaries are 

 absent, and those on the upper tail-coverts confined to a few of the 

 longest, and not quite pure white ; the white at the end of the tail- 

 feathers is the same as in the male ; the feathers on the throat and 

 upper breast are brownish white, with a narrow black margin, out- 

 side which is a fringe of olive-brown ; the remainder of the under- 

 parts are white, each feather having a transverse crescent-shaped 



