MERULIN^. 535 



the throat and breast, fewer and more distant on the abdomen, 

 larger on the flanks, and nearly wanting on the vent and under 

 tail-coverts. 



Length lOf mches ; winir 5^ ; tail 3| ; tarsus l/(j ; bill at 

 front Ij-'q (at gape 1^). 



This fine, strong-billed, Thrush has, as yet, been only found in 

 the dense woods on the summits of the Neilgherries, where, how- 

 ever, it is not very common. It has a most rich and charming 

 song. It is chiefly found on the higher woods, and never comes 

 out to the open, like the Neilgherry Blackbird. 



This Thrush, by its large and strong bill, approximates a good 

 deal to Zoothera. 



Other species of Oreocincla, from the East, are — 0. ivframar- 

 ginata, Blyth, from the Andamans, of moderate size, and with the 

 bill small ; 0. spiloptera, Bl., from Ceylon, small, with the bill large 

 and strong, and, like mollissima, with the upper plumage plain ; 

 O. Horsjieldii, Bonap. {yarius apud Horsfield), from Java ; and 

 Bonaparte also (Compt. Rend.) gives 0. varia from Siberia, and 

 O. Heijiii, Cabanis, from Japan. 



One species is found in Australia, and another in Tasmania, if 

 these be really different. 



Mimus (the American Mocking-bird genus), usually placed 

 among the Thrushes, has been located by Bonaparte among the 

 Timalince ; and, I think, rightly so. 



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