TURBINE. 171 



Geocichla cyanotis, Jard and Selby. 



354. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 517 ; Butler, Deccan ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 398. 



THE WHITE-WINGED GROUND THRUSH. 



Length, 7'5 to 8'5 ; expanse, 12'25 to 14 ; wing, 4'2 to 4'5 ; tail, 

 275 to 3 ; tarsus, T25 to 1-5 ; bill at front, 07 ; bill from gape, 1. 



Bill blackish ; irides dark-brown ; legs fleshy-brown. 



Head, nape, hind-neck, and sides of neck, ferruginous ; the rest 

 of the plumage above dull-cyaneous or leaden ; wings and tail 

 dusky, the former with a white spot on the median wing-coverts, 

 and the outer feathers of the tail also tipped with white ; lores 

 white ; ear-coverts white in the centre, continued down the sides of 

 the neck, and with a brown spot above and below the latter passing 

 into ferruginous, and bordering the white of the ears ; beneath, 

 the chin, throat, and neck, white ; the breast, abdomen, and flanks, 

 bright- ferruginous ; and the vent and under tail-coverts white. 



The colors of the female are less pure than those of the male. 



The White-winged Ground Thrush only occurs within our limits 

 on the Sahyadri Kange and in the adjoining forests, as far north 

 at least as Khandalla. 



It is a permanent resident, but owing to the bird's crepuscular 

 habits, it often escapes observation. 



Geocichla citrina, Lath. 



355. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 517 ; Butler, Deccan ; V T ** 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 398. 



THE ORANGE-HEADED GROUND THRUSH. 



Length, 812 to 9; expanse, 1375 to 15 ; tail, 275 to 3'25 ; 

 wing, 4-4 to 4'82 ; tarsus, 1'2 to 1'35 ; bill from gape, 1'05 to 1*2. 



Bill horny-black, fleshy-white at base beneath ; irides dark- 

 brown ; nude patch behind eye, flesh-colored ; legs fleshy-white. 



The whole head, neck, and lower plumage, pale brownish-orange ; 

 the chin and throat paling and albescent ; the rest of the upper 

 plumage blue-grey ; a small white wing spot on the median- 

 coverts, and the primary-coverts tipped black ; lower part of abdo- 

 men paling towards the vent, which, with the lower tail-coverts, 

 is white. 



The female differs slightly, being tinged with olivaceous on the 

 back, wings and tail. 



The occurrence of the Orange-headed Ground Thrush within 

 our limits is very doubtful ; if it occurs at all, it can only be 

 as a very rare winter visitant. 



Geocichla unicolor, TicMl. 



356. -.Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 519 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 470 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. 

 IX, p. 399 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 131. 



