152 



second and fifth nearly equal, and about 

 a quarter inch shorter than longest ; 



wing- 5'5 O. damna, p. 152. 



b". Third, fourth, and fifth quills equal and 

 longest ; second rather shorter than 

 sixth, and about half inch shorter than 



longest ; wing 5 O. nilyiriensis, p. 153. 



b'. Ground-colour of lower plumage ochraceous 



buff O. imbricata, p. 154. 



/-. Feathers of upper plumage plain without 



darker margins or tips. 

 c' . Lower plumage with black crescentic tips ; 



wing over 5. 



c". Wing-coverts not tipped ; tail not ex- 

 ceeding 4-3 O. mollissima, p. 154. 



d". Wing-coverts tipped ; tail about 4*7 . . O. dixoni, p. 155. 

 d' . Lower plumage with black triangular 



spots ; wing about 4 O. spiloptera, p. 155. 



698. Oreocinda daiima. Tlie Small-billed Mountain-ThrusJi. 



Turdus dauma, Lath. Ind. Orn. i, p. 362 (1790). 



Oreocincla dauma (Lath.), Blyth, Cat. p. 160 ; Horsf. fy M. Cat. i, 



-i r\f\ Y 1 T\ T * fOO TT ~\T TTJ -_ rtOO _ 7~> _. 77 Or T7J 



Sf K 2nd ed. ii, p. 107. 

 Geocichla dauma (Lath.), Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 154 ; Gates, B. 

 B. i, p. 6. 



Coloration. After the autumn moult the whole upper plumage 

 is ochraceous brown, each feather with a crescentic black bar at 

 the tip, preceded by a fulvous patch ; wing-coverts with large 

 bright fulvous tips, the median series blackish above the tips ; 

 primary-coverts black, with a broad band of fulvous on the outer 

 webs ; 'quills dark brown, margined on the outer web with fulvous ; 

 the four middle tail-feathers olive-brown, the next three pairs 

 blackish with white tips, the outermost feathers blackish, with the 

 terminal third fulvous ; sides of the head pale fulvous variegated 

 with black; chin, middle of throat, and middle of abdomen white; 

 remainder of lower plumage white, tinged with fulvous, each 

 feather with a terminal band of black, and with a subterminal 

 lighter patch ; under tail-coverts white, some of the feathers tipped 

 with black; axillaries with basal half white and terminal half 

 black ; under wing-coverts black and terminally white. 



In summer the plumage becomes very dull, the fulvous parts 

 fading to olive -brown. 



Upper mandible and middle of lower dark brown, remainder of 

 bill pale brown, the gape tinged with orange ; inside of mouth 

 yellowish ; eyelid and ocular region plumbeous ; iris dark hazel- 

 brown ; legs and claws fleshy white. 



Length about 10-5; tail 3*8; wing 5*6; tarsus 1 '3 ; bill from 

 gape 1-2. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Hazara and Kashmir to Assam, 



