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356. — Geocichla unicolor, Tick. The Dusky Ground- 

 Thrush. 



Cold weather visitnnt. Eare. Mr. Blauford obtained a 

 specimen at Khandala in November, and I procured another in 

 Belgaum in April. Jerdon also procured it in the Deccan. I 

 have no other record of its occui'rence throughout the region. 



? 357.— Turdulus wardi, Jerd. Ward's Pied Black- 

 bird. 



Jerdon remarks : " Spread very sparingly through the plains 

 of India in the winter." He obtained it from the foot of the 

 Nilgiris, and it is included in Major Lloyd's list of Konkan 

 species, but its occurrence within the region requires confirma- 

 tion. 



359.— Merula nigropilea, Lofr. The Black-capped 

 Blackbird. 



Permanent resident. Common all along the Sahyadri range 

 and in the adjacent forests as far north as Khandala, being most 

 abundant in the rains. It belongs almost exclusively to the 

 Ghat region, but I have shot stragglers in Belgaum on two 

 occasions. 



385. — Pyctoris sinensis, Gm. The Yellow-eyed 

 Babbler. 



Permanent resident. Tolerably common throughout the 

 region. 



389— Alcippe poiocephala, Jerd. The Nilgiri Quaker 

 Thrush. 



Permanent resident. Locally common along the Sahyadri 

 range and in the adjoining forests as far north as Khandala. 



390— Alcippe atriceps, Jerd. The Black-headed 

 "Wren-Babbler. 



Not uncommon locally. Obtained by Mr. Laird in the forests 

 west of Belgaum, but I have no other record of its occurrence 

 throughout the region. 



397. — Dumetia hyperythra, Frankl. The Rufous- 

 bellied Babbler. 



Permanent resident. Mr. Wenden found it breeding near 

 Thaua and at Khandala in the rains, and remarks, " that it is 

 tolerably numerous in the Konkan." I have no other record of 

 its occurrence throughout the region. 



