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female of Ceb. Jimbriatus, and not at all to the male. Met 

 with only in thick hedges on the plains. 

 51. Cehlepyris caiiiis. Le Grand Gobe-mouche cendre de Madagascar, 

 PI. Enl. 54.1. 

 Irides intense red brown. Black ants only found in the stomach. 

 This bird does not correspond with the later descriptions of 

 Ceb. caniis {Muscicapa cann), and the history of bpth these 

 species of Cehlepyris requires further illustration. Found only 

 in thick bushes. Specimens of both species from Bengal and 

 Wynaad resemble those collected by Colonel Sykes. 



Fam. Merulida, Vigors. — Genus Oriolus, Auct. 



58. Oriolus Galhula, Linn. Golden Oriole, Lath. Mango Bird of 



Dukhun. 

 Very abundant in Dukhun just before the rains. It is called 

 Pawseh by the IVIahrattas, from being the precursor of the 

 monsoon. It is a quarrelsome bird. Irides rich lake. 



59. Oriolus melanocephalus, Linn. Black-headed Oriole, Lath. 

 Rare. Seen by Colonel Sykes only in the immediate neighbour- 

 hood of the Ghauts. Found also in Africa. 



60. Oriolus Kundoo. Or. corpore supra flavo-viridi ; uropygio, 



crisso, pogoniis internis rectricum ad apices, abdominisque la. 



teribus niiide Jlavis ; alis olivaceo-brurineis ; corpore subtus 



sordide albo, brunneo striata ; rostro nigro. 



Irides rufo-brunneae. Longitudo Or. Galkdce. 

 Both sexes alike. Size of golden Oriole, and much resembling 

 the female of that bird ; but the bill is always black, and the 

 irides reddish-brown instead of lake. 



Genus Turdus, Auct. 



6L Turdus rnacrourus, Gmel. Long-tailed Thrush, Lath. 

 Rare. Found in dense woods of the Ghauts. 



62. Turdus Saularis. Gracula Saularis, Linn. Pastor Saularis, 



Temm. Little Indian Pie, Edvv., pi. 181. 



63. Turdus cyanotus, Jardine and Selby, pi. 46. 



This bird has the tongue of a Pastor. Irides intense red brown. 

 Stony fruit and Cicadce found in the stomach. Has the naked 

 spot behind the eyes, but the bird has not the air of a Pastor. 

 Inhabits the Ghauts. 



Genus Petrocincla, Vigors. 



64-. Petrocincla Pandoo. Petr. hrunnescenti-cyanea ; pteroma- 

 tibus, remigibus, rectricibusquejiiscis. 

 Irides fuscse. Statura minor quam Turd, cyanei. 

 This bird differs from the solitary Thrush of Europe {Turd, cya- 

 neus, Linn.) in its smaller size, slighter form, brighter ccerulean 

 tint, want of orange eyelids and white tips to the feathers. 

 Found only in the dense woods of the Ghauts. Flight low and 

 rapid. It appears to correspond with var. A. of Dr. Latham's 

 solitary Thrush, vol. 5. p. ^T. 



