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Bill brownish black ; the crape brit/ht yellow ; tarsi dusky 

 slaty ; the toes brownish black ; claws blackish horny ; the back 

 quite black. 



Young male, Valley, 19;{^ Jul?/. — Length, 7'5 ; expanse, 12*1 ; 

 wing, 4*1 ; tail, 2'8 ; tarsus, 0-9 ; bill from gape, 1"05 ; bill at 

 front, 0'7 ; closed wings short of tail, I'l. 



Bill dusky ; base of lower mandible grey horny ; gape and 

 edge of eyelids yellow ; feet dusky slatj"" ; claws dusky horny. 

 Shoulders aud margins of quills and rectrices tinged with blue ; 

 a white wing spot ; the upper tail-coverts bright ferruginous, 

 lunated with dusky ; whole rest of upper surface brownish 

 black, profusely and closely spotted with white ; the spots on the 

 wing-coverts yellowish ; under surface fulvescent, crossed with 

 dark bars, except the lower tail -coverts, which are not barred. 



The Blue-headed Chat-Thrush is found in the valley of 

 Nepal on the hill sides only, and seems to frequent by prefer- 

 ence little dry nullahs overgrown with bushes and small trees. 

 It breeds in the valley, and is often caged for the sake of its 

 fine song. 



355.— Geocichlacitrina, Lath. 



Male, Valley, July. — Length, 8'7 ; expanse, 14*5; wing, 4-7 ; 

 tail, 3'15 ; tarsus, 125 ; bill from gape, 2*1 ; bill at front, 0'8 ; 

 closed wings short of tail, 1-5. 



Bill horny black ; base of lower mandible grey horny ; tarsi 

 very pale fleshy ; toes pinkish fleshy ; claws pale pinkish horny ; 

 the tail feathers, with the exception of the central paii*, are 

 faintly and regularly barred with black, the bars being most 

 distinct on the inner webs. 



This fine Thrush was found, in summer, on the hills round 

 the valley, at an elevation little exceeding 5,000 feet ; but it 

 was not observed in winter. It usually frequents nullahs con- 

 taining a dense growth of bushes and small chestnut trees, and 

 it is a favourite cage-bird with the Nepalese. 



356.--Geocichla unicolor, Tick. 



Female, Valley, Ju tie. — Length, 8'7; expanse, 14'3 ; wing, 

 4*6 ; tail, 3"1 ; tarsus, 1'15 ; bill from gape, 1-03 ; bill at front, 

 0*75 ; closed wings short of tail, 1'3. 



Bill yellow, with a few dusky cloudings ; irides brown ; eyelid 

 greenish yellow ; feet vivid orange yellow ; claws yellowish 

 horny. Ashy on the rump ; the breast and sides of flanks dull pale 

 olivaceous brown ; the upper tail-coverts reach to within 1*5 of 

 the end of the tail. 



The Dusky Ground Thrush was found in small numbers 

 only, in the Nepal Valley, in summer, when it breeds. It was 



