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much torn to be of any use, though I had no doubt as to its being a 

 skin of M. fece. 



(295) Geocichla wardi. — The Pied Ground-Thrush. 

 Oates, No. 683 ; Hume, No. 357. 

 A rather rare resident in North Caohar. I have taken but one nest, 

 which might have been mistaken for one of G. citrina, but was more 

 massive than most of that bird. The eggs were three in number and 

 just like English blackbirds', measuring 1*07" X '81" ; 1'09" X *8" 

 and 1-01" X -79". 



(296) G. citrina. — The Orange-headed Ground-Thrush. 

 Oates, No. 686 ; Hume, No. 355. 

 Very common all over the district, but not ascending quite the 

 highest ranges and seldom breeding below 1,000 feet. 



The average of 40 eggs is 1*05" X "765", the greatest length and 

 breadth being T13" X '81" and the least -91" X '71." 



(297) Petrophila erythrogastra, — The Chestnut-bellied 

 Rock-Thrush. 

 Oates, No. 690 ; Hume, No. 352. 

 Not very common at any time and found only on the higher ranges 

 during the breeding season. 



(298) P. cinclorhyncha. — The Blue-headed Rock-Thrush, 

 Oates, No. 691 ; Hume, No. 353. 

 Rather common all through the cold weather, a few birds remain- 

 ing to breed on the most lofty peaks. My eggs are all of one type, 

 viz., a pale buff ; darker than in Geocichla or Merula eggs, marked in- 

 distinctly with freckles and specks of pale brown and very pale grey, 

 and with a few irregular-shaped spots and blotches of umber-brown. 

 The three clutches, each of three eggs, which I have measured, average 

 respectively 1-04" X '71", 1-06" X '68" and '91" X '71". 



(299) P. solitaria.— The Eastern Blue Rock-Thrush. 

 Oates, No. 692 ; Hume, No. 351 Ter. 

 Very common all through the cold weather, its favourite haunts 

 being the lofty, rocky banks of some of the larger streams. It de- 

 scends, of course, well into the plains. 



Its note is a low chuckling " chur," sounding almost like the 

 croak of a frog. 



