AND IN PARTS OF WYNAAD AND SOUTHERN MYSORE. 373 
[885.—Pyctorhis sinensis, Gm. The Yellow-eyed 
Babbler. 
Common in 8. W. Mysore ; and I believe I have seen it 
from the Wynaad.—A. O. H.j I have shot this about six miles 
from Ootacamund.—W. D. 
342.—Myiophoneus horsfieldi, Vig. The Malabar 
Whistling Thrush. 
This bird.does not occur on the plateau of the Nilghiris, 
about 6,000 feet being the greatest elevation to which it 
ascends. It is not very numerous anywhere, but every small 
stream will contain a pair or two, and the larger ones several. 
It is always found about streams, and never wanders far (unless 
much disturbed) from their immediate vicinity, unlike 1. 
temmincki, which is as often found miles away from any stream 
as near them. I can add nothing to Jerdon’s excellent account 
of the bird. The following are the dimensions, &c., recorded 
in the flesh of a few specimens. The female is slightly smaller 
than the male :— 
Males.—Length, 11:9 to 12:2; expanse, 19°5; tail, 4°8 
to5; wing, 6:35 to 65; tarsus, 1:9 to 2°0 ; bill from gape, 
1:49 to 5 ; weight, 5:0 to 6°0 ozs. 
Females.—Length, 11°5 to 11°73; expanse, 18:0 to 18:5; 
tail, 4:27 to 4:4; wing, 5°7 to 6°05; tarsus, 1°7 to 1:8; 
bill from gape, 1:4 to 15; weight, 4°25 to 4°5 ozs. 
In both sexes the bill, legs, feet, and claws are black ; irides 
deep brown. 
345.—Pitta brachyura, Zin. The Indian Ground 
Thrush. 
A winter visitant to the South. I have shot it near 
Ootacamund all about the slopes, and in the Wynaad, but I 
have never found it numerous any where. 
351.—Cyanocinclus cyanus, Zin. The Blue Rock 
Thrush. 
A cold weather visitant, always solitary, and very fond 
of frequenting rocky ground. 
353.—Petrophila cinclorhyncha, Vig. The Blue- 
headed Chat Thrush. 
Also acold weather visitant, generally distributed, but in 
some places, as at Coonoor and the Ghats below it, the bird is 
very common. 
