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CATALOGUE. 
G-eocichlae, builds in trees or bushes, but selects some high towering 
and almost inaccessible rock, formiug the side of a deep glen, on the 
projecting ledges of which, or in the holes from which small boulders 
have fallen, it constructs its nest, and where, unless when assailed 
by man, it rears its young in safety, secure alike from the howling 
blast and the attack of wild animals. It is known to the natives by 
the name of ' Kuljet,' and to Europeans as the ' Hill Blackbird.' 
The situation in which the nest is placed is quite unlike that of any 
other of our Hill Thrushes with which I am acquainted. It is as 
often found in open rocky spots on the skirts of the forest, as among 
the woods, loving to jump upon some stone or rocky pinnacle, from 
whence he sends forth a sort of choking, chattering song, if such it 
can be called, or, with an up-jerk of the tail, hops away with a loud 
musical whistle, very much after the manner of the Blackbird {M. 
vulgaris)."— (Journ. A. S. Beng. XYII. pt. 2, p. 684.) 
282. MYIOPHONUS HORSFIELDII, Vigors. 
Myiophonus Horsfieldii, Vigors, P. Z. S. (1881), p. 35. 
Gould, Cent. t. 20. Jerd., 3Iadr. Journ. L. S. X. 
^. 251. G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 214. 
Bh/th, Journ. A. S. Beng. XYI. p. 154 ; Cat. B. 
Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 159. 
Arrenga Horsfieldii, Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 258. 
Horsfield's Myiophonus, Grag. 
a. Locality and Donor unknown. 
" I have hitherto only seen this bird twice," remarks Mr. Jerdon, 
"once in the Trichoor jungle, hopping on the ground like a blackbird, 
and again in the Segoor pass of the Neilgherries, flying before me 
from tree to tree near the ground. I have also seen a specimen shot 
in the Pulney hills, and several procured in the neighbourhood of 
Cannanore." — (Madr. Journ. L. S. X. p. 251.) 
" This species is confined exclusively to the mountainous parts of 
Southern India."— (Blyth, J. A. S. B. XYI. p. 154.) 
Subfam. III. TIMALINA, Vigors. 
Genus Garrulax, Less., Tr. d'Ornith. p. 647 (1831). 
Ianthocincla, Gould, P. Z. S. (1835), p. 47. 
Garrulaxis, Lafresnaye, Bev. Zool. (1840). 
Crateropus, p. Blyth. 
