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person. Its attire does not consist of any 

 blazing colour but the perfect harmony of 

 colours makes it very attractive. The whole 

 head, neck and the lower body 

 Coloration as far as the vent are orange- 

 chestnut, deeper on the crown 

 and paler beneath. The rest of the lowsr 

 body — vent and under tail-coverts — and 

 the thighs are pure white. Back, scapulars, 

 rump, upper tail-coverts and lesser wing- 

 coverts are bluish grey. The broad white 

 tips to the median coverts form a very 

 conspicuous wing-patch. The remaining 

 coverts and quills are dark -brown. The 

 tail is ashy brown, faintly cross-barred. 



The hen is paler chestnut throughout 

 and olive-coloured on the upper surface. The 

 outer webs of the tail and wing-feathers and 

 the under tail -coverts are suffused with green. 



An example of an abnormal form of 

 Geocichla citrina was reported by Mr. 

 Inglis in the Journal of the Bombay 

 Natural History Society (Vol. xii, p. 44). 

 He wrote, "I shot a male of the above 



