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broadly tipped with black ; under wing-coverts black, broadly tipped 

 with white. 



The young after the first autumn moult appear to be tinged with 

 rufous, and to have the spots on the wing-coverts larger than in 

 the adult. 



Legs and feet yellowish fleshy ; claws horny brown ; bill dull 

 black; base of lower mandible pale fleshy brown; iris deep brown 

 (Hume). 



Length about 11 ; tail 3-8 to 4-2; wing 5-5 to 6; tarsus 1*4 ; 



bill from gape 1*2. 



Distribution. I have examined specimens of this Thrush from 

 numerous localities in the Himalayas from Chamba to Darjiling, 

 and from no other part. Godwin-Austen records it from the 

 Khasi hills, and Hume is under the impression that he recognized 

 this species in Manipur, but he was unable to secure a specimen. 



This Thrush ascends the Himalayas up to 6000 or 8000 feet in 

 summer, and probably descends to the lower valleys in winter. 



Habits, 4'c. The eggs of this species are described as being 

 white marked with two shades of red, and measuring about 1-35 

 by -88. 



702. Oreocincla dixoni. The Long-tailed Mountain-Thrush. 



Oreocincla mollissima (Blyth), apud Walden in Myth's Birds Burnt. 

 p. 100 ; Hume §■ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 256 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 

 1877, p. 463. n n . „ 



Geocichla dixoni, Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 161 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 7. 



Coloration. Eesembles 0. mollissima, but differs in having a 

 much longer tail and large and distinct fulvous tips to the median 

 and greater wing-coverts at all ages. 



Iris brown; bill brown; gape yellowish; legs dull brownish 

 yellow (Wardlaw Ramsay). 



Of the same size as O. mollissima, with the exception of the tail, 

 which measures about 4-7. 



Distribution. I have examined specimens of this species procured 

 in the hills north of Mussooree, in Nepal, at Darjiling, and in 

 Karennee. 



703. Oreocincla spiloptera. The Spotted-wing Thrush. 



Oreocincla spiloptera, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 142 (1847); id. Cat. 



p. 160 ; Legge, S. F. iii, p. 367 ; Hume, S. F. vh, p. 382 ; id. Cat. 



no. 372 ter ; Oates in Hume's N. Sf E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 109. 

 Turdus spiloptera {Blyth), Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 451, pi. xix. 

 Geocichla spiloptera (Blyth), Seebohm, Cat. B. 31. v, p. 167. 



Coloration. Upper plumage and lesser wing-coverts rich olive- 

 brown tinged with russet; tail rusty olive-brown; wings dark 

 brown, broadly edged with olive-brown, the median and greater 

 coverts more or less black tipped with white ; lores whitish ; ear- 

 coverts mixed white and black; lower plumage white, tinged with 



