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. S. guttural is, De Vis, Collared Scrub- Wren. 



On the lower throat is a broad black crescentic band with its 

 marginal feathers posteriorly edged with ashy -white. 

 Hah. : 2. 



Group Crateropodes. 



True Babbling Thrushes, remarkable for strong, clumsy feet and powerful 



rounded wings. 



The genera most out of place in this group seem to be Cinclo- 

 rhamphus and Calamanthus. Sharpe. 



GENUS ORTHONYX. Shafts of tail feathers produced and stiffened. 



210. O. Spinicaiula, Temm., Spine-tailed Log-runner. 



Under surface white ; wing coverts tipped with grey ; eyebrow and 

 ear coverts grey. Male, throat white ; female, throat orange -rufous. 

 Hab. : 3, 4. 



211. O, Spaldillgl, Ramsay, Black-headed Log-runner. 



Under surface white ; wing coverts blackish, without grey bars ; 

 Male, throat white ; female, throat orange-rufous. 

 Hab. : 2. 



GENUS CINCLOSOMA. Tarsus one-fourth the length of tail. 



212. C. puiictatuill, Lath., Spotted Babbling-Thrush (Ground-Thrush). 



Adult male, forehead and chest ashy-grey ; crown of head, back, 

 rump, and middle tail feathers rufous-brown ; each feather of back 

 striped with black ; shoulders and wing coverts steel black, each 

 feather with white spot at tip ; throat and narrow band across chest 

 steel-black. Female has throat greyish-white instead of black ; spot on 

 neck rufous instead of white, and has no black breast band. Gould. 

 Hab. : 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 



213. C. castanonotUlll, Old., Chestnut-backed Babbling - Thrush 



(Ground-Thrush). 



Adult Male. Crown of head, back of neck, upper part of back, 

 upper tail coverts, and two central tail feathers brown ; stripe over 

 eye and another from base of lower mandible down side of neck 

 white ; scapulars and lower part of back rich chestnut ; shoulders 

 and wing coverts black, each feather with white spot at tip ; chin, 

 throat, and centre of breast steel black. 



Female plumage much lighter, only a tinge of . chestnut on rump ; 

 chin, throat, and breast grey instead of black. Gould. 

 Hab. : 6, 7, 9. 



214. C. Cimiamoilieum, Gld., Cinnamon Babbling-Thrush (Ground- 



Thrush). 



Whole of upper surface, scapulars, two central tail feathers, sides 

 of breast, and flanks cinnamon-brown ; wing coverts jet black, each 

 feather largely tipped with white ; faint white eyebrow ; lores and 

 throat glossy black, with large oval patch of white within the black 

 beneath eye ; under surface white, with large arrow-shaped patch of 

 glossy black on breast. 



Total length, 7 '5 in. ; bill, 0'9 in. ; wing, 3.75 in. ; tail, 3 '25 in. 



Female has no black markings on throat, breast, and wings, being 

 brownish-grey instead. Gould. 

 Hab. : 6, 7. 



215. C. castaneothorax, Gld., Chestnut-breasted Babbling-Thrush 



(Ground-Thrush). 



Crown of head, back of neck, and upper tail coverts rich brown, 

 stripe over eye and another from base of lower mandible down side 

 of neck white ; shoulders and wing coverts black, with white spot at 

 tip of each feather; all upper surface, outer margins of scapulars 

 and broad longitudinal stripe on their inner webs next shaft deep 



