GEOCICHLA. 



white terminally ; the basal half of secondaries (inner webs) and of many 

 primaries buflish white ; 4th primary slightly the longest, 2nd between the 6th 

 and yth ; bill abnormally long, longer than the tarsus; both mandibles obscurely 

 serrated ; rictus strongly bristled ; legs and feet darkish brown ; irides dark 

 brown. 



Length. 10 to 12 inches; wing 5-1 to 6'o ; tail 3 to 3} ; oilmen 1*3 to 

 1-6 ; tarsus 1-25 to 1-4. 



Hab. Throughout the Himalayan Range to Assam. Common from Mus- 

 soorie to Darjeeling. Recorded from Cashmere, Nepaul, Simla, Bootan, 

 Mussoorie, Assam, and Darjeeling. It is said by Seebohm to breed in the 

 Himalayas. 



383. GeOCichla marginata, (Blyth) Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 

 v. p. 162. Zoothera marginata, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 141, n. ; Hume, 

 Nests and Eggs, p. 226; Blyth and Wald. B. JBurm., p. lOO; Hume and 

 Dav.. Sir. F. vi. p. 246; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 94 ; Bingham, Str. F. viii. 

 p. 195 ; Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 8. The LONG-BILLED GROUND-THRUSH. 



Upper plumage rufescent olive brown, dark and dull on the head, bright 

 on the outer webs of the feathers of the wings, the coverts with buff tips ; 

 inner webs of quills and primary coverts dark brown ; lores and sides of the 

 head mixed white and black, the black preponderating on the ear coverts ; 

 chin, throat and a line down the neck pure white, bounded on each side by a 

 brown moustachial line ; breast and abdomen brown, each feather with a large 

 white spot in the centre ; sides of breast, body and flanks brown, with broad 

 white shaft lines, becoming broader towards the abdomen ; under tail coverts 

 buffy white, broadly margined with brown ; axillaries buffy white at base and 

 brown at tips; tail uniform rufescent olive- brown ; bill dark or pale bluish 

 brown; legs and feet the same; irides deep hair-brown. (Dav. ex. Gates). 



Length. 10 inches ; wing 4*9 ; tail 3 ; tarsus ri ; bill from gape 1*5. 



Hab. The Himalayas from Sikkim to Assam. It is also found in the north 

 and central portions of the Tenasserim Provinces, as well as Siam. Recorded 

 from Afghanistan. Gates says it appears to be sparingly distributed over the 

 whole of British Burmah. It has been got on the Arrakan Hills, also in 

 Karin, while in Tenasserim Davison met with it near Pahpoon and on the 

 Mooleyit Mountain. Captain Bingham has recorded it from the Thoungyeen 

 Valley. 



Wherever it occurs it is probably a resident. Its food consists of insects 

 and berries. The eggs are said to be like those of Pitta, white, with a few 

 rusty brown spots. 



364. GeOCichla cyanonotUS, (Jard. and Selfy) Seebohm, Cat. B, 

 Br. Mus. v. p. 172. Turdus cyanotus, Jard. and Selby, III. Orn. i. pi. xlvi ; 



