GEOCICHLA. 141 



flesh-colour ; inside of mouth flesh-colour ; eyelids slate-colour ; 

 iris dark hazel ; legs fleshy pink ; claws pink. 



Length nearly 9 ; tail 3 ; wiug 4'6 ; tarsus 1*3 ; bill from 

 gape l'l. 



Distribution. Found in summer throughout the Himalayas from 

 Murree to the extreme east of Assam up to 5000 or 6000 feet. 

 At otlier times of the year this Thrush occurs sparingly in the 

 plains of India, extending occasionally to Ceylon, but it has not 

 been known to occur in the Punjab, Rajputana, Bind, or Guzerat, 

 and it appears to be extremely rare in the west and south of the 

 peninsula. This bird is more abundant to the east, being found 

 throughout the whole country stretching from Assam to Tenas- 

 serim, where a considerable number remain the whole year and 

 breed. This species extends down the Malay peninsula as far as 

 Tongkah, but does not otherwise occur outside the limits of the 

 Empire. 



Habits, 6,'c. Breeds on the Himalayas and also in Burma from 

 April to July, constructing a large nest of coarse grasses, roots, 

 and fibres, in a bush or low tree, and laying three or four eggs, 

 which are greenish white freckled with rufous, and measure about 

 1 by -77. 



087. Geocichla innotata. The Malay Ground-Thrush. 



Geocichla innotata, Blyth,J. A. S. B. xv, p. 370 (1846), xvi, p. 146 ; 

 id. Cat. p. 163 ; Ball, S. F. i, p. 69 ; Hume # Dav. 8. F. vi, p. 250 ; 

 Hume, 8. F. viii, p. 60 ; id. Cat. no. 3/55 ter ; Seebohm, 8. F. ix, 

 p. 99 ; id. Cat. B. M. v, p. 176. 



Coloration. Ensembles G. citrina, and differs only in entirely 

 wanting the white tips to the median wing-coverts. 



Iris intense rich brown ; bill black, whitish plumbeous at base 

 of lower mandible ; legs dull white tinged with pink, especially on 

 the feet (Wardlaw Ramsay). 



Of the same size as G. citrina. 



I look upon this species as quite distinct from G. citrina. In 

 the large series of this latter bird in the British Museum, I fail to 

 find a single specimen from any part of India or Burma north of 

 Amherst without the white tips to the wing-coverts. From 

 Amherst southwards to Malacca spotless birds occur — as far as 

 Tongkah in company with G. citrina, but south of that place by 

 themselves. 



Distribution. G. innotata occurs at Amherst, Toungya, Banka- 

 sun, and Malavvun in Tenasserim ; in Karennee ; and down the 

 Malay peninsula as far at least as Malacca. There are no grounds 

 for the belief that this species occurs in the Andamaus or Nicobars. 



Toung birds shot in Tenasserim in September and October show 

 that this species breeds in Burma. 



