P GEOCICHLA ANDROMEDA (Temm.). 
SHORT-BILLED BROWN GROUND-THRUSH. 
mii Myiothera andromeda, Temm. РІ. Col. ii. no. 392 (1826). 
ШЕ пат Myiophaga andromeda, Lesson, Traité d'Orn. p. 895 (1881). 
Zoothera andromede, Hartl. Syst. Verz. nat. Samml. Ges. Mus. Bremen, p. 41 (1844). 
Zoothera andromeda, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 218 (1847). 
тай; іх Zoothera andromedon, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 261. no. 3813 (1869). 
Geocichla andromede, Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 163 (1881). 
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1 meaig G. suprà schistaceo-brunnea, fasciis nigris obscurê notata: supercilio pallido nullo: pectore cinerascente vix 
nigro maculato : hypochondriis albis, nigro squamatim notatis. 
on the hal 
йй THE present species was described by Temminck from specimens in the Museums of Leyden and 
| ті) ШІ Paris, and the habitat was given as the islands of Java and Sumatra. Ав regards its existence 
in the latter island, no evidence has since been forthcoming, and the species does not occur in 
ned in i Dr. Vorderman’s list of the birds of Sumatra, nor was it found by Dr. Beccari in that island. It has 
T3 also been recorded by Schlegel from Timor, but the evidence of its occurrence іп that island 
has not been supported by exact details. 
шй This Ground-Thrush has, however, been obtained in the island of Engaño by Dr. Modigliani, 
тшй who procured specimens at Bua-Bua in May and June, 1891 (Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) 
i xii. p. 134, 1892), and it was met with in Lombok by Dr. A. R. Wallace (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 485), and 
more recently it has been procured in the same island by Mr. W. Doherty, who met with it at 
heights varying between 2000 and 3000 feet. It evidently breeds in Lombok, as Mr. Doherty 
procured young individuals of the species. Mr. Alfred Everett has likewise sent home several young 
birds from the same island, mostly from an altitude of 1500-4000 feet (Hartert, Novit. Zool. iii. p. 593). 
Nothing has apparently been published on the habits of this Ground-Thrush. 
The adult male and female may be described as follows :— 
General colour of the upper parts slaty-brown, the smaller feathers margined with black; lores 
white, each feather narrowly margined with dark brown; eye-stripe obsolete; lesser wing-coverts 
brown; median and greater wing-coverts brown ; primary-coverts brown, margined on the outer webs 
with slaty-brown; tertials brown; secondaries and primaries brown, slightly greyer on the outer webs; 
tail-feathers dark brown, the central and lateral pairs brown; ear-coverts dark slaty-brown, mottled 
with white, crossed by an obscure dark band ; chin and upper throat nearly white, divided from the 
cheeks by obscure malar stripes, mottled with nearly black, and shading into slaty-grey on the breast, 
and into white on the belly; flank-feathers black, with diamond-shaped white centres; thighs 
brown; under tail-coverts white, edged laterally with grey; axillaries black, with white bases ; lower 
primary-coverts black ; lower secondary-coverts white, with black bases. 
Geocichline markings on inner webs of quills, white. 
Second primary about equal to the sixth. Outer tail-feathers 0:25 inch shorter than the longest. 
* Bill black ; feet blackish ; iris deep brown " (W. Doherty). 
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