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Genus OREOCICHLA *, Gould. 

 Oreocichla dauma {Lath.). 

 (Plate VI. fig. 10.) 



Oreocincla dauma, Brooks, Stray Feathers, iii. p. 237 (1875) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 152 (1890); id. ed. Hume, Nests Sf 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 107 (1890). 



Geocichla dauma, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 154 (1881) ; id. Mon. 

 Turdidce, i. p. 9 (1898). 



Oreocichla dauma, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 136 (1903). 



The egg of the Small-billed Mountain-Thrush in the Collection is 

 of a pointed oval form and possesses a considerable amount of gloss. 

 It is of a greenish-grey colour, so profusely and minutely freckled 

 with pale rufous as to render the ground-colour almost invisible. 

 The markings are much broader and denser at the broad end of the 

 egg, where they form a cap. The specimen measures 1*27 by - 9. 



1. Gulmerg, Kashmir, 6th June Hume Coll. 



( W. E. Brooks). 



Oreocichla nilgiriensis, Blyth. 



Geocichla nilgiriensis, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 157 (1881) ; id. 



Mon. Turdidce, i. p. 13 (1898). 

 Oreocincla nilghiriensis, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 153 



(1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 107 (1890). 

 Oreocichla nilgiriensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 136 (1903). 



An egg of the Nilghiri Thrush, from the Palni Hills, is very 

 similar to the egg of O. dauma already described, but is somewhat 

 darker in general appearance and broader, and has no indication of 

 a cap at the large end. It measures 1-2 by 0-9. The two eggs 

 from the Nilghiris are pale greenish-white, spotted and blotched all 

 over with Indian-red and lavender. They measure 1*1 by 0-8. 



1. Kodikanal, Palni Hills, S. India, Major Horace A. Terry [P.]. 



7th June. 



2. Nilghiri Hills {Rhodes W. Morgan). H. E. Dresser, Esq. [E.]. 



Oreocichla papuensis {Seebohm). 



(Plate VI. fig. 9.) 



Geocichla papuensis, Seeboh?n, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 158 (1881) ; id. 



Mon. Turdidce, i. p. 19 (1898). 

 Oreocichla papuensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 137 (1903). 



An egg of the New-Guinea Ground-Thrush in the Collection is of 



* N.B. — Two eggs of a Thrush taken by Swinhoe in China, and now in the 

 Collection, were assigned by him to O. varia (White's Thrush). There can be 

 but little doubt that Swinhoe was mistaken. The eggs appear to be those of 

 Merula mandarina [vide supra, p. 95]. (See Swinhoe in Kowley's Orn. Misc. 

 ii. p. 255 (1877) ; Newton, P. Z. S. 1S'J7, p. 892, pi. Ii. fig. 5 ; Heatley Noble, 

 ' Ibis,' 1900, p. 377.) 



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