622 3I0TACILLID.I. 



6. OREOCORYS. ^ype. 



Heterura, Hodgs. J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 586 (1845, nee 



Sieb.) 0. sylvauus. 



Foot of Oreocorys sylvami^. 

 Range. Himalayas, 



1. Oreocorys sylvanus. 



Heterura sylvana, Hodgs. J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 556 (1845) ; id, 

 JP. Z. S. "1845, p. 33 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodgs. 

 p. 108 (1846) : Jard. Contr. Orn. 1848, p. 26, cum tab. ; Bh/th, 

 Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 134 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 279 (1850) ; 

 Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodc/s. p. 58 (1863) ; Jerd. B. 

 Ind. ii. p. 239 (1803) ; Bcavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 80 ; Felz. t. c. p. 312 ; 

 Brooks, Ibis, 1869, p. 57; Ball, Str. F. 1875, p. 207; Brooks, 

 t. c. p. 252 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 387 (1875) ; id. Str. 

 F. 1879, p. 104 ; Scidly, t. c. p. 318. 



Cinclorhamplius sylvanus, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 168 (1848). 



Anthus sylvanus. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 252, no. 3666 (1869). 



Exncl daw strongly curved, decidedly less than hind toe itself. 

 Tarsus longer than hind toe and claw combined, and slightly scu- 

 tellate near the upper end of the planta. Primaries equal and 

 longest, 1, 2, 3, 4 : fftli primary only a trifle shorter than the 

 fourth, and even slightly exceeding the long secondaries. Feet in 

 skin reaching to aboiit two thirds of the tail. Primaries emargi- 

 nate, 2, 3, 4, 5. 



Adult. General colour above Lark-like, the feathers of the upper 

 surface blackish brown in their centres, margined with inifous-buff, 

 paler on their edges ; hind neck lighter buff, with narrower dark- 

 brown streaks ; scapulars like the back ; wing-coverts blackish 

 brown, broadly margined with rufous-buff; the greater and primaiy- 

 coverts brown, edged with rufous-buff, the inner greater coverts and 

 secondaries externally sandy buff ; tail-feathers light brown, edged 

 with fulvous, plainer on the outer webs, the outer feather obliquely 

 white towards the tip of the inner web, and the penultimate feather 

 with a white tip to the inner web ; lores and a distinct eyebrow 

 dull white; sides of face also dull white, the ear-coverts rufcscent, 



