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ground ; and their eggs are clouded somewhat similarly to the eggs 

 of the English robin. 



Bush thrushes, (Geocichla). Are migratory, breeding only in 

 the hills, but extending far into the plains in the cold weather. They fre- 

 quent open forests and glades. The position and shape of nest and the 

 colour of the eggs are exact miniatures of those of the blackbirds to 

 which these birds are very closely allied. 



Blackbirds, (Turdulus, Merula). Breed only in the hills and 

 wander less in the cold weather than the bush thrushes or true thrush- 

 es. In habits and nidification, and also in the colour of their eggs, 

 they closely resemble the English blackbird. 



Thrushes, (Turdns, Planesticus, Oreocincla). The true thrushes 

 are rare in India. The Nilgiri thrush (0. nilgiriensis) is found in the hills 

 of south India as a permanent resident. The black-throated thrush 

 (P. atrogularis) is a cold weather visitant to the plains of upper India. 

 The small-billed mountain thrush (0. dauma), which breeds in the Hima- 

 layas, also visits the plains in the winter, but the remainder of the thrush- 

 es are only found in the Himalayas. Many of them being extremely 

 rare. Of the breeding of the genus Planesticus, nothing is known in this 

 country. The eggs of Oreocincla are like miniatures of the whistling 

 thrushes ; being long, pointed, and freckled all over with minute pale 

 spots. The breeding of the genus Turdus out here is similar to that of 

 the missel thrush at home. 



Finch thrushes, (Paradoxornu, Heteromorpha). Nothing is 

 known of their nidification. They are shy birds and rare, frequenting 

 thick cover. They are only found in the eastern Himalayas and Khasia 

 hills, where they are probably permanent residents, at 3,000 to 10,000 

 feet above the sea. 



Tit thrushes, ( Chleuasicus, Snthord). Are also rare and con- 

 fined to the eastern Himalayas and Khasia hills. Of their nidification 

 nothing is known. They frequent brushwood and grass jungle. 



Jay thrushes, (Conostoma, Grammatoptila). Are shy, forest- 

 loving birds, only found in the higher ranges of the eastern Himalayas. 

 The red-billed jay thrush (C. cemodium) is only found near the snows. 

 They do not appear to migrate. They build in thick brushwood or 

 forest. The egg of Conostoma is white, with blotches and streaks. That 

 of Grammatoptila is pale blue unspotted. 



Shrike thrushes, (Tftamtwcataphus, Gampsorfynchus). Are also 



