382 TIMELIIDiE. 



14. lANTHOCINCLA. r^^^pp 



lanlbociucla, Go,dd, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 47 I- ocellata. 



Bill of lanthocincla ocellata. 

 Bamje. Eastern Himalayas, extending into the hills of China. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Ear-coverts riifous ; lores orange-rufous or whitish. 



a'. Smaller : wing 6-25 inches ; lower throat hlack . ocellata, T^.iQ2. 

 b'. Laro-er : wing 5-7 inches; entire throat rufous. . maxima, p. 383. 



b. Ear-coverts bhick like the throat; lores and chin 



orange-buff ariemisia, p. 384. 



c. Ear-coverts and throat ashy brown ; lores and fea- 



thers round eye white lunulata, p. 385. 



1. lanthocincla ocellata. 



Cinclosoma ocellatum, Viyors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 55; Gould, Cent. 



Himal. B. pi. 15 (1832). 

 Crateropus ocellatus, Blijth, J. A. S. Benr/. xi, p. 179 (1842) ; Hodc/s. 



in Grays Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1844). 

 Garrulax ocellatus, BIyth, J. A. S. Beng. xii. p. 951 (1843), xiv. 



p. 599 (1845) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 225 (1846) ; id. Cat. Mamm. 



etc. Nepal j^res. Hodys. p. 82 (1846) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mtis. As. Soc. 



p 96 (1846) ; Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 205 



(1854) ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 41 (1863) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 282, 



no. 4169 (1869) ; Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 304 ; Hume, Nests ^ Eggs 



Ind. B. p. 257 (1873). 

 lanthocincla ocellata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 371 (1850). 



Adult. General colour above chestnnt-brown, the hind neck and 

 mantle paler ochraceous brown, the feathers of the latter part 

 tipped with yellowish buff, before which is a distinct subtcrminal 

 bar of black ; the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts with a 

 laro'e triangular spot of white at the tip of each feather, preceded 

 by a large bar of black ; wing-coverts like the back and spotted in 

 the same way ; bastard-wing feathers and primary-coverts black, 

 with a white spot at the tip of each feather ; quills blackish, all 

 tipped with white, the primaries more or less grey along the outer 

 web, the remainder of the quills chestnut externally, grey towards 

 the tip ; the innermost secondaries rather more olivaceous brown, 

 tipped with white, with a subtcrminal bar of black ; centre tail- 

 feathers chestnut-brown, with a narrow white tip, before which 



