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plains during the seasons of passage, at which period (that of vernal 
migration) I once obtained one in the vicinity of Calcutta, which I 
kept for some time alive. Its song is sweet, plaintive, and tolerably- 
loud, delivered in the manner of a Kobin's song, and its manners are 
very like those of a Stone-chat." — (Blyth, Joum. A. S. Beng. XVI. 
p. 152.) 
Mr. Jerdon observes : "I have hitherto only met it perched on 
trees in dense and lofty jungle in the Coonoor pass of the Neil- 
gherries, on the summit of the hills near Coonoor, and once in the 
jungles of Malabar, at no great elevation above the sea. On one 
occasion only I observed three or four together ; at all other times it 
was solitary. Its stomach contained various fruit and berries." — 
(Madi\ Journ. L. S. X. p. 252.) 
257. OBOCETES SAXATILIS, Linn. Sp. 
Turdus saxatilis, Linn., S. iV I. p. 294. Lath., Hist. Y. 
p. 30. G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 220. 
Orocetes saxatilis, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. 
p. 165. 
Petrocossyphus saxatilis, Boie. 
Petrocincla saxatilis, Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 297. 
Lanius infaustus, Gmel., S. JV. L. I. p. 310. 
Saxicola m.ontana, Koch. 
Eock Thrush, Lath. 
A. Abyssinia. From Sir "W. Harris's Collection. 
Genus Bessonornis, Smith, JS. Afr. Journ. (1836). 
CossYPHA, Vigors, Zool. Journ. II. (1825). 
258. BESSONORNIS SEMIRUFA, BUpp. 
Bessonornis semirufa, Bilpp., Faun. Abyss, p. 81 ; Syst. 
Uebers.p. 44, t. 21. G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. 
p. 220. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 301. 
Cossypha nigricapilla, Guerin. 
A. Abyssinia. From Sir W. Harris's Collection. 
Genus Geocichla, Kuhl, Monogr. Psittac. (1820). 
TuRDTJS, Lath, et al. 
259. GEOCICHLA CITBIN A, Latham Sp. 
Turdus citrinus, J^atli., Lid. Orn. I. p. 350 ; Gen. Hist. 
\. p. 66. Teuun., PI Col 445. G. B. Gray, Gen. 
