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in the next edition of Avi- fauna under pre- 

 paration, it will assume a new alias making, 

 we hope not, the confusion worse confound- 

 ed. Jerdon classed it under the genus Geo- 

 cicJila and called it the Dusky Ground- 

 Thrush. It is not as chubby as the Dama 

 but is slim-built and in its movements and 

 habits, approaches Blackbirds. It has a 

 fine sweet song much resembling the Black- 

 bird's, but the notes are short, few and with- 

 out any variety. In winter ifc is found 

 throughout the whole range of the Himala- 

 yas from Kashmir to Sikkim up to an alti- 

 tude of 7000 ft. It is the Song-Thrush of 

 Kashmir, where its voice is heard in every 

 garden and grove. It does not stray very 

 far from human dwellings but lingers around 

 villages. It never penetrates into deep 

 forests but keeps generally to the outskirts 

 of woods. It seems to prefer places with 

 big trees growing over bushy under-growths. 

 For it seeks its food on the g-round under 

 cover of bushes where it runs and hops about 

 with extreme quickness. Like the Dama 



