322 TuaDiD^, 



The Indian Rock-Thrush breeds throughout the Himalayas, 

 migrating to the plains in winter. It has also been recorded from 

 the mountain-ranges of Western India, but it seems doubtful at 

 what period of the year. 



a. Ad. st. India. J. R. Reeves, Esq. [P.]. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Cashmere. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



c. d. S ad. juv.; N.W.Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 

 e. 2 ad. sk. [P.]. 



/,(/. c? ad. sk. Kangra. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



[P.]. 



h.cS, i. 2 ad.sk. Kumaon ((Sirac/je^). India Museum. 



A:, /, 7n. Jut. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



n. 2 ad. ; o, p. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Juv. sk. 



q, r. J ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



s. (5" ad. sk. Nepal {Hodgson), India Museum. 



t. S ad. sk. Matheran, Jan. 25, 1872. Major Hayes Lloyd. 



^^. c? ad. sk. Ooorg {Day). India Musevun. 



V. c? ad. sk. Saugor {Hooper). India ^Museum. 



w,:v. S ad.; ij. $ Mynall, Travancore,Dec. F. W. Bourdillon, Esq. 



ad. sk. "1878. [C.]. 



z. Sternum. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Monticola rupestris. 



Le Rocar, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. iii. p. 22, pis. ci., cii. (1802). 



Turdus rupestris, Vidll. N. Did. d'Hist. Nat. xx. p. 281 (1818) ; 



Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 671 (182.3) ; Gi-ay, Gen. B. i. 



p. 220 (1847) ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 260. no. 3801 (1869). 

 Turdus rupicola, LicM. Verz. Doubl. p. 38 (1823). 

 Tiu^dus rocar, Stephens, Shaio's Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. 199 (1826). 

 Petrocincla rupestris ( Vieill.), Bp. Consp. i. p. 297 (1850) ; Layardf 



B. S. Afr. p. 129 (1867) ; Gumey, Ibis, 1868, p. 50. 

 Monticola rupestris {Vieill.), Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 7 (1850) ; Sharpe, 



ed. Bayard's B. S. Afr. p. 219 (1876). 



In the adult male in hreeding-plumage the forehead, crown, nape, 

 chin, throat, and sides of the neck are dull blue, the feathers of the 

 crown with indistinct brown shaft-lines ; lores dark brown ; ear- 

 coverts dull blue sufl'used with brown ; back and scapulars russet- 

 brown, each feather with a dark shaft-line and slightly paler margin ; 

 wings and wing-coverts brown, the lesser median and greater wing- 

 coverts and innermost secondaries margined with chestnut. Rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, and tail, and the whole of the underparts below 

 the throat, including the asillaries and under wing- coverts, chest- 

 nut, except the terminal three fourths of the two centre tail- 

 feathers, which are brown. Bill black. Wing with the third, 

 fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries nearly equal and longest, second 

 primary about equal to the seventh, bastard primary 1-25 to 1*1 

 inch. Legs, feet, and claws dark brown. Length of wing 4*45 to 

 4-15 inches, tail 3-3 to 2-85, culmen 1-1 to 1-05, tarsus 1-3 to 1-15. 



The adult female in breeding -plumage resembles the male, except 

 in having the forehead, crown, nape, chin, throat, and sides of the 

 neck the same colour as the back. After the autumn moult the blue 

 feathers of the head of the male have indistinct pale brown margins, 



