54 TIMELIID^. 



under or among" the roots of a tree or a crevice in a rock. , They lay 4 6 

 pinkish white eggs. 



479. Cinclus cashmeriensis, Gould, P. z. S. 1859, p. 474 ; id. 



B. Asia pt. xii. (1860); Salvin, Ibis, 1867, p. 117; Blanf. J. A. S. B. xii. 

 p. 48 ; Hume, Sir. F. 1879, p. 945 Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 438. Hydrobata 

 cashmeriensis, Jerd. B. I?id. i. p. 57J Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 374; Hume and 

 Henderson, Lahore to Yarkand,\>. 189. Cinclus aquaticus, var. Cashmeriensis, 

 Blf. E. Pers. ii. p. 212. The BROWN-BACKED WHITE-THROATED DIPPER. 



Crown of the head, ear coverts, lores and sides of face chocolate brown ; 

 wing coverts and upper back darker ; lower back, rump and upper tail 

 coverts slaty brown ; an indistinct spot of white over and under the eye : 

 cheeks, throat, foreneck and chest white ; breast chocolate brown ; the 

 abdomen, flanks, thighs and under tail coverts deeper brown, the latter shaded 

 with slaty grey; under wing coverts and axillaries dark brown ; tail blackish 

 brown, shaded and edged with slate color ; quills the same. Bill black ; legs 

 pale brown. 



Length. 6'8 to 7 inches; wing 3-7 to 3*9; tail 2'2 to 2*25 ; culmen 0*9 ; 

 tarsus i 'i. 



Hab. The mountainous district of Asia Minor, Persia, the mountain 

 ranges of Cashmere and Ladak, the hill regions of Sikkim north of Darjeel- 

 ing and thence into China, 



480. CinclUS asiatiCUS, Swains., Faun. Bor. Amer. Bird. p. 174; 

 Gould, B. Asia, pt. xii. ; Blanf. J. A. S. B. xii. p. 48 ; Hume, Sir. F. 1879, 

 p. 94; Scully, Sir. F. 1879, pp. 281, 365, 367. Hydrobata asiatica, Gray, 

 Gen. B. i. p. 215; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 506; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 375; 

 Stolickza, Ibis, 1868, p. 33 ; Godw.-Aust.J . A. S. B. xxxix. p. 102 ; Biddulph, 

 Ibist 1 88 1, p. 52 ; Scully, t. c. p. 437. The HIMALAYAN DIPPER. 



Above and below uniform pale brown ; median and greater coverts, also 

 the quills, edged externally with paler margins ; axillaries and under wing 

 coverts dark chocolate brown. Bill black ; legs pale brown. Soles of the 

 feet yellow ; iris dark brown. The young is mottled with dusky and whitish ; 

 the quills are edged with white, and the tail tipped with white. 



Length. 7*5 inches; wing 3-8; tail 2-25 ; culmen 0*85 ; tarsus 1*15. 



Hab. Afghanistan, Punjab, N.-W. Provinces, Oudh and Nepaul, and from 

 Cashmere to Bhootan and the Khasia Hills. 



Gen. MiOhoneilS. Temm. 



Bill large, strong, compressed, of moderate length, hooked at tip, and 

 much higher than broad at nostrils ; rictal bristles few or almost wanting ; 

 nares round with some frontal plumes and hairs at their base ; wings long, 

 rather pointed ; 4th and 5th quills nearly equal, the 5th generally the longest ; 

 tail moderate ; tarsus large, stout, entire, or with a subterminal scute. 



