374 Mr. Blyth's Commentary 



346. Pitta nigricollis. 



Mr. Hodgson figures the egg as reddish- white with rufous 

 specks. 



347, 348, and 349. Hydrobata asiatica, H. cashmiriensis, 

 and H. sordida; Gould, B. As. pt. xii. pis. 



I have lately seen a fine specimen of H. cashmiriensis in a 

 Sikhim collection. May not this be the Cinclus aquaticus of 

 Herr Radde from North-eastern Asia ? 



351. Petrocossyphus cyanus. 



The curious fact of a bird of this species attacking and 

 devouring a luckless Phylloscopus trochilus has been noticed 

 (Ibis, 1860, p. 139). I suspect that this is not more anomalous 

 than Mr. Layard^s instance of a captive Megalama zeylanica 

 which evinced a similar predatory propensity (Ann. Mag. N. H. 

 1854, xiii. p. 446). The Turdus {Monticola) erythrojjtera, 

 G. R. Gray (P. Z. S. 1860, p. 350), from Gilolo, is no other 

 than P. affinis, a variety of P. cyanus ! 



352. OREOCyETES ERYTHROGASTRA (VigOrs) J Gould, B. As. 

 pt. XV. pi. 



I suspect that the name " Rock-Thrush," applied by Mr. 

 Gould to this species, is not better suited to its habits than Mr. 

 G. R. Gray's generic appellation, the Oreoc(Et(s being forest- 

 birds, unlike the Petrocossyphi. The egg as figured by Mr. 

 Hodgson is like that of an English Robin. 



355. Geocichla citrina (Lath.) ; " Turdus albonotatas, 

 Guv.," Pucheran. 



Temminck gives Java and Sumatra as habitats, but refers to 

 G. rubecula, Gould, which has a deeper colouring. I kept a 

 Thrush of this species for a long while in a cage ; and it had a 

 plaintive mellov; song, somewhat Robin-like and little varied. 



356. Geocichla unicolor (Tickell) ; Merula unicolor, 

 Gould, B. As. pt. X. pi. 



Mr. Gould states that I do not include this species in my 

 ' Catalogue of the Birds in the Asiatic Society's Museum, 

 Calcutta.' It is no. 954 of that Catalogue ! And he calls it 

 the " Afghan Thrush," which is a misnomer, though it may 



