THAYER AND BANGS: AVES. 173 



brownish white; bill dark brown, yellowish white at base of lower mandible; 

 legs and feet brown. 



Measurement*: Type adult d", wing, 61; tail, 17; tarsus, 25.5; culmen, 

 11.5. 



Remarks. The unique specimen of this extraordinary little bird was 

 secured almost by accident. It was on the ground, under the dense, all but 

 impenetrable masses of rhododendron that cover the high sides of Washan, 

 when a slight movement of the bird attracted Mr. Zappey's attention. 



CINCLIDAE. 



ClNCLUS CINCLUS CASHMERIENSIS Gould. 



One female Tachienlu, western Szechwan, 9,000 feet, September 30, 1908. 



CINCLUS PALLASII SOULIEI Oustalet. 



Twenty-two specimens, young and adults of both sexes, Ichang, and Chang- 

 yanghsien, Hupeh, all seasons. 



TURDIDAE. 



PLANESTICUS MERULA MANDARINUS (Bonaparte). 



Sixteen specimens, adults and young of both sexes, Ichang, and Chang- 

 kowhsien, Hupeh, and Omeihsien, Hochianghsien, and Kiating, western Sze- 

 chwan, all seasons. 



PLANESTICUS CASTANEA GOULDI (Verreaux). 



Sixteen specimens, adults and young of both sexes, Tachienlu, and Tachiao, 

 western Szechwan, midsummer. 



PLANESTICUS KESSLERI (Prjevalsky). 



Four adults, two males and two females, western Szechwan: Tachienlu, 

 13,500 feet, Ramala Pass, 15,000 feet, Lanerhyingpa, 14,000 feet, and Kaoer- 

 hshan, 15,000 feet, July, and August, 1908. This fine bird was found only in 

 the highest grass-lands, and was very rare even in those regions. 



PSOPHOCICHLA AURITA (Verreaux). 

 One adult male, Kiating, western Szechwan, November 28, 1908, 



