470 NOTES ON THE AVIFAUNA OF MOUNT ABOO 



345. —Pitta coronata, Mull, 



The Indian Ground Thrush is very rare. I shot a pair at the 

 foot of Mount Aboo, but have not met with the species upon 

 any other occasion. 



[Dr. Kino; got several specimens on the slopes of Aboo, but 

 I have seen none from any other portion of the whole region, 

 but Captain Hayes Lloyd thinks he saw it in Kattiawar, (in 

 the Gir) and Mr. Adam tells me that he has just heard of a 

 specimen obtained near Sambhur, and this bird is such a 

 thorough wanderer and migrates for breeding purposes in such 

 numbers and to such distances, that though probably only occur- 

 ring at Aboo as a regular visitant, stragglers might well turn up 

 in the localities indicated. — A. O. H.J 



351. — Cyanocincla cyana, Lin. 



The Blue Kock Thrush is common at Mount Aboo in the cold 

 weather, but 1 have not often observed it in the plains. It 

 arrives on the hills about the first week in September, and does 

 not leave until quite the end of April. 



[Throughout the entire region. — A. O. H.] 



353.— Orocetes cinclorhynchus, Vigors. 



The Blue-headed Chat Thrush is rare. I have only met with 

 one example in this part of the country, and that I shot at 

 Mount Aboo in the month of September, about which time it 

 makes its first appearance. 



[At Aboo I have known of several being killed, but the bird 

 is unknown throughout the entire region, only at Sambhur 

 Mr. Adam once shot a young one in September on its way, 

 doubtless from the Himalayas to the forests of Central India, 

 where they are common during the cold season. — A. 0. H.] 



356.— Geocicha unicolor, Tickell. 



The Dusky Bush Thrush is also rare. I shot a single 

 specimen ( ? ) at Mount Aboo in the cold weather ; elsewhere I 

 have not observed it. It arrives in September. 



[Virtually almost unknown throughout the whole region, 

 though a specimen is said to have been killed at the extreme 

 north-west of Sindh, and Mr. Adam in four years has obtained 

 one near Sambhur ; even to Aboo it is a mere straggler. — 

 A. O. H.] 



359.— Merula nigropileus, Lafr. 



The Black-capped Blackbird is common at Mount Aboo, but I 

 have never met with it in the plains. I am inclined to think 

 that it is migratory, as I lost sight of it during the cold weather, 



