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Length of wing 4-9 to 4:8 inches, tail 3:05 to 2-8 inches, culmen 1:15 to 1:12 inch, tarsus 1:35. 
to 1:31 inch; bastard-primary projecting beyond the primary-coverts, its exposed portion measuring 
from 1:1 to 1:0 inch. 
Young birds are blacker than the adults, and have linear shaft-streaks or triangular spots of 
orange-buff on the feathers of the back, especially distinct, on the wing-coverts; the head is also 
streaked with linear spots of orange-buff; the fore-neck and chest are also mottled with orange-buff, 
the centres of the feathers being of this colour and their margins black. “ Bill dusky or slaty-black ; 
legs greyish-brown; iris chocolate-brown » (A. Н. Everett). 
Тһе front figure on the Plate represents Geocichla marginata, and is drawn life-size from an 
example in my collection from Java, obtained from a dealer in 1884. 
Temminck's figure of the type in the Leyden Museum leaves no doubt as to the species intended 
to be represented, though the artist has introduced some unnecessary scutellations on the tarsus, and 
has omitted the dark margins to the feathers of the upper parts. 
