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on others of streal^s and spots, and tbey are very evenly distributed 

 over the entire surface of the shell, but not very densely. 

 Examples measure from 1-28 to 1-56 in length, and from -90 to 

 1-00 in breadth. 



2. New Granada. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Bogota {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Santa Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia (7". K. Salmon). 



2. Ecuador. L. Eraser, Esq. [C.]. 



1. Puellaro, Ecuador, April (Z. Crowley Bequest. 



Fraser) . 



1. Puellaro, April (Z. F.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Venezuela. Seebohm Coll. 



Genus GEOCICHLA, Temm. 

 GeocicMa cyanonota {J. 6f S.). 



Geocichla cyanonotus, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 172 (18S1) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Iml, Birds, ii. p. 139 (1830) ; id. ed. Hume, 

 Nests Si- Eff;/s Ind. Birds, ii. p. 98 (1890) ; Seebohm, Mon. Turdidce, 

 i. p. 55 (1898) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamrnl. p. 35 (1899). 



Geocielila cyanonota, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 132 (1903j. 



The eggs of the "WTiite-throated Ground-Thrush are of a broad 

 pointed oval form, and rather glossy. They are pale bluish or 

 greenish white, profusely speckled, streaked and blotched witli 

 various shades of reddish and purple-brown and underlying vi(det. 

 Some specimens are more densely marked than others, especially at 

 the broad end, where a broad cap of confluent markings is often 

 formed. The eggs measure from -94: to 1-04 in length, and from 

 •71 to -78 in breadth. 



1. India. Crowley Bequest. 

 6. Dapuli, South Konkan, India {A. Hume Coll. 



Jardine). 



2. Kulputty Hill, Wyuaad, 5th June Hume Coll. 



{J. Darling). 



Geocichla citrina (Laih.). 

 (Plate YI. fig. 8.; 



Geocichla citrina, Lef/ge, Birds Ceylon, p. 457 (1879) ; Seelohm, Cat. Birds 

 B.M.Y. p. ]72'(lb81); Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds. \i. p. 140 

 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nesfs Sf Eyys Ind. Birds, ii. p. 100 (1890) ; 

 Seebohm, Mon. Turdidce, i. p. 62 (1898) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 35 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 132 (1903). 



The eggs of the Orange-headed Ground-Thrush are of a rather 

 broad oval form, and fairly glossy. The ground-colour ranges from 

 wliite to bluish white, and is marked with various shades of reddish 

 brown and underlying lavender-grey, in the shape of specks, spots 

 and streaks, more or less confluent and densely set over the whole 

 surface, especially at the broad end, where they form a more or less 



