GEOCICHLA. Ill 



on others of streaks and spots, and they are very evenly distributed 

 over the entire surface of the shell, but not very densely. 

 Examples measure from 1-28 to 1-56 in length, and from -90 to 

 1-00 in breadth. 



2. New Granada. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Bogota {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Santa Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Grodman Coll. 



Colombia {T. K. Salmon). 



2. Ecuador. L. Eraser, Esq. [C.]. 



1. Puellaro, Ecuador, April (L. Crowley Bequest. 



Fraser). 



1. Puellaro, April (L. F.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Venezuela. Seebohm Coll. 



Genus GEOCICHLA, Temm. 

 GeocicMa cyanonota {J. ^ S.). 



Geooichla cyanonotus, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 172 (1881) • 

 Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 139 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume] 

 Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 98 (1890) ; Seebohm, Man. Turdidee, 

 i. p. 55 (1898) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 35 (1899). 



GeocicMa cyanonota, Sharpe, Kand-l- iv. p. 132 (1903j. 



The eggs of the "V^Tiite-throated Ground-Thrush are of a broad 

 pointed oval form, and rather glossy. They are pale bluish or 

 greenish white, profusely speckled, streaked and blotched with 

 various shades of reddish and purple-brown and underlying violet. 

 Some specimens are more densely marked than others, especially at 

 the broad end, where a broad cap of confluent markings is often 

 formed. The eggs measure from -94 to 1"04 in length, and from 

 ■71 to -78 in breadth. 



1. India. Crowley Bequest. 



6. Dapuli, South Konkan, India (A. Hume Coll. 



2. Kulputty Hill, Wynaad, 5th June Hume Coll. 

 (^ Darling). 



Geocichla citrina {Lath.). 

 (Plate VI. fig. 8.) 



Geocichla citrina, Legge, Birds Ceylon,jo. 457 (1879) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. V. p. 172 (1881) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 140 

 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 100 (1890) ; 

 Seebohm, Mon. Turdidee, i. p. 62 (1898) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml 

 p. 35 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 132 (1903). 



The eggs of the Orange-headed Ground-Thrush are of a rather 

 broad oval form, and fairly glossy. The ground-colour ranges from 

 white to bluish white, and is marked with various shades of reddish 

 brown and underlying lavender-grey, in the shape of specks, spots 

 and streaks, more or less confluent and densely set over the whole 

 surface, especially at the broad end, where they form a more or less 



