No. 49.— 1898.] cbylon birds. 



169 



248 ... With white on the wing 



coverts ... .... 77 T. f ulicata <j 



249 ... No white on the wing coverts 77 T. fulicata$ 

 246 ... 250 ... Outer tail feathers falling 



short of tip of tail by a 

 distance quite equal to 

 length of middle toe 

 251 ... Tail black and white ... Copsychus 



78 C. sauluris (one 

 Indian species) 



245 ... 252 ... Tail much longer than wing Cittocincla 

 253 ... Abdomen rufous ,.. 79 C. macrura 



238 ... 254 ... Tarsus smooth ; rictal bristles 

 present ; habits both terres- 

 trial and arboreal, being 

 insectivorous and frugi- 

 vorous ... ... Turdinas 



255 ... Bill narrow ; breadth at fore- 



head not more than half 

 length of culmen ; rictal 

 bristles well developed ... 



256 ... Sexes different in coloura- 



tion ... ... — ... 268 



257 ... Axillaries and under wing 



coverts in both sexes uni- 

 form ... ... Merula ... 260 



258 ... General colour black or brown 



without distinctive marks 80 M. kinnisi $ 



259 ... Plumage variegated ... 80 M. kinnisi $ 

 257 ... 260 ... Axillaries and under wing 



coverts contrasted in both 



sexes ... ... Geocichla ... 263 



261 ... No chestnut on lower plumage 81 G. wardi 



262 ... Almost entirely chestnut below 82 G. citrina 

 260 ... 263 ... Axillaries and under wing 



coverts in males uniform ; 

 in females barred with two 

 colours ... ... Petrophila 



264 ... Lower plumage almost uni- 



form ; barred or squamated 

 with black or brown 



265 ... Above blue, or suffused with 



blue 



266 ... Under wing coverts and 



axillaries blue ; narrowly 



tipped with white ... 83 P. cyanuscf 



267 ... Under wing coverts and 



axillaries barred with black 



or brown... ... 83 P. cyanus? 



268 ... Sexes alike ... 



269 ... Lower plumage barred or 



spotted ... ... Oreocincla 



270 ... Feathers of upper plumage 



boldly tipped withcrescen- 



tic black bars ... 84 O. imbricata 



