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white ; chin and throat black ; chest crossed by a band of 

 rich rust-red ; sides of the chest and flanks brownish-grey, the 

 latter blotched ' with black; centre of the abdomen white ; 

 under tail-coverts brown, deepening into black near the tip, 

 and margined with white ; bill and feet black. 



Total length S^ inches; bill 1 ; wing 4 ; tail 4^; tarsi I. 



Genus OllEOCmCLA., Gould. 



Species of this genus inhabit India, the Indian Islands, and 

 Australia, in which latter country, although much difference 

 in size is observable in specimens from different localities, I 

 believe only one exists. It is decidedly a brush bird, and has 

 many habits in common with the typical Thrushes, but is 

 more shy and retiring. 



Sp. 275. OREOCINCLA LUNULATA. 



Mountain-Thrush. 



Turdus lunulatus, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp. p. xlii. 

 Lunulated Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn. Supp., vol. ii. p. 184. 



Honey-eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 180. 



Turdus varius, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 218. 

 Oreocincla novce-hollandia et 0. macrorhyncha, Gould in Proc. of Zool. 



Soc., part V. p. 145. 

 Mountain Thrush, Colonists of Tasmania. 



Oreocincla lunulata, Goidd, Birds of Australia, foL, vol. iv. pi. 7. 



In all localities suitable to its habits and mode of life this 

 species is tolerably abundant, both in Tasmania and in New 

 South Wales ; it has also been observed in South Australia, 

 where however it is rare. From what I saw of it personally, 

 I am led to infer that it gives a decided preference to thick 

 mountain forests, where large boulder stones occur covered 

 with green moss and lichens, particularly if there be much 

 humidity ; rocky gulleys and the sides of water-courses are 



