Mr. A. Hume on Indian Ornithulogy. 411 



Bill black ; iridcs bright yellow. The specimen, though not 

 a young bird, is not a very old one, as the whole upper surface 

 is barred transversely with brown, as are also the sides and 

 Hanks and the greater portion of the middle of the abdomen. 

 The whole of the lores, forehead, broad streak over the eye, 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, chin, throat, middle of breast, middle of 

 lower abdomen, vent, lower tail-coverts, legs and feet-feathers, 

 axillaries, wing-lining, and nape unbarred white. The rump 

 and upper tail-coverts sparingly barred. The rest of the plu- 

 mage pretty regularly barred. 



My shikaree, who was with Dr. Johnson and who has now 

 returned to me, reports having seen several other and some 

 much larger specimens. The occurrence of this species, appa- 

 rently as a permanent resident (for the bird was killed on the 

 3rd March), in the mountains separating Afghanistan fi-om the 

 Peshawur Valley appears to me to be a most noteworthy 

 fact. 



I have long had in my collection a very beautiful Thrush, 

 which, having never carefully examined, I referred to Tardus 

 chrysolaus, Temm., Geocichla dissimilis, Blyth, olim. 



Having now looked up Mr. Blyth's original description, and 

 consulted the ' Fauna Japonica^ and the * Planches Coloriees,^ I 

 have ascertained that my specimen does not belong to this spe- 

 cies. It may possibly prove to be well known ; but I believe it to 

 be new, and I will therefore take this opportunity of character- 

 izing it very briefly : — 



Geocichla tricolor, sp. nov. 



Dimensions (dry skin) : length 8*5 inches ; wing 4*6 ; tail 

 from vent 3'2 ; bill at front 0*7; tarsus 1"1. 



Description. — Bill yellow ; legs and feet fleshy yellow. 



Plumage : — The whole head, neck, throat, breast, back, wings, 

 upper tail-coverts, and tail dusky blackish slate-colour, almost 

 quite black upon the top and back of the head, greyer on back 

 and rump, and browner on quills and lateral tail-feathers. Wing- 

 lining, lateral portions of upper abdomen, sides, and tibial fea- 

 thers bright orange-ferruginous ; centre of upper two-thirds of 

 abdomen, whole of lower two-thirds of abdomen, vent, flanks, 



