160 TI'RDID.i:. 



p. 218 (1847) ; Kaum. Vlkj. Deiit»chl. xiii. pi. 353 (18G0) ; Grai/, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 2o4. no. SViOO (1809). 

 Turdus viscivorus ?, Hodys. MS.Drmcint/s {in the Brit. Mus!) of Birds 



ofXe2)al, Passei-es, pi. 1 ')8 a. uo. 197 [afterivtirds altered to 832j, unde 

 Turdus oreocincloides, Hodc/s. Grai/s Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1844). 

 Oreociucla roslrata, IIod(/s. Aim. Xat. Hist. xv. p. 326 (184-'>). 

 Oreociucla moUissima, Bli/th*, J. A. S. Bern/, xvi.p. 141 (1847); id. 



Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p." KiO (1849); Horsf. S,- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. 



E.I. Co. i. p. 193 (18o4 ) ; Jerdon, B. India] i. p. o33 (18G2) ; Godtu.- 



Aust. J. A. S. Beng. xxxix. p. 103 (1870) ; Hume S^- Davison, Stray 



Feath. vi. p. 2-50 (1878). 



lu the adult male in spring plumage the general colour of the 

 upper parts is brownish olive ; inside web and tip of primary- coverts 

 biack ; lores buff; no trace of eye-stripe ; quills brown, margined on 

 the outside webs with ochraceous brown ; four central tail-feathers 

 olive-brown ; three next on each side dark brown ; outer tail- 

 feathers dark brown at the base, gradually fading into pale brown, 

 with an obscurely defined white wedge-shaped terminal mark ; 

 several other tail-feathers more or less distinctly tipped with white. 

 Underparts, including the ear-coverts/ white, with an ochraceous 

 tinge on the breast and flanks, each feather with a transverse ter- 

 minal crescent-shaped black band, nearly obsolete on the chin and 

 centre of belly ; under tail-coverts white, with obscure brown edges ; 

 axillaries white with black tips ; under wing-coverts white with 

 black bases ; basal half of inner web of secondaries and of many 

 primaries buff. Bill dark brown, paler at the base of the under 

 mandible. "VYing with the third and fourth primaries nearly equal 

 and longest, second primary between the fifth and sixth, or sixth 

 and seventh, bastard primary 1-0 to 0-9 inch. Legs, feet,.and claws 

 brownish vellow. Length of wing o'O to 5"1 inches, tail 4"1 to 3"7, 

 cuhnen 1-1 to 0-92, tarsus 1-45 to 1-25. 



Xothing appears to have been recorded of the difference between 

 the sexes, or of any change which may take place in consequence of 

 the autumn moidt. Birds of the year appear to be unknown. 

 Young in first plumage have pale shaft-lines and dark transverse 

 terminal bars to the feathers of the back, and buff margins to the 

 greater and median wing-coverts. 



The short-tailed Oreocincloid Ground-Thrush breeds in the Hima- 

 layas from Nepal to Darjeeling, descending into the valleys during 

 the cold season. 



rt.Ad.sk. Kumaon (Caj)t. Strac/iei/). India Museum. 



b, c, d, e. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. [P.l. 



/. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. 11. Hodgson, Esq. [P:]. 



(Tvpe of Turdus oreocincloides, Hodgs.) 



ff. Ad. sk. Nepal. " B. II. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



* (Type of Oreociucla rostrata, flodgs.) 



h. Juv. St. Nepal. " B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



i. Ad. St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



k. Ad. sk. Darjeeling. H. Seebobm, Esq. [P.]. 



/. Ad.sk. Darjeeling (P<?ffrso«). India Museum. 



* Typ. err. moltissima. 



