26 CINCLUS 



33. SUBSP. CINCLUS ALBICOLLIS. 



Cinclus albicollis, (Vieill.) Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. i. p. 219 (1816) ; 

 Dresser, ii. p. 181, pi. 20, fig. 1 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vi. 

 p. 310. 



Ad. (N. Italy). Kesembles C. aquaticus, but has the upper parts paler 

 and the breast much brighter rufous, this colour extending on to the 

 abdomen. Culmen 0'85 to 0'9, wing 3'2 to 3'45, tail 2'0 to 2'4, tarsus 

 1-15 to 1-27 inch. 



Hal. Switzerland Savoy and Southern Europe as far east as 

 Greece and Turkey. 



34. SUBSP. CINCLUS RUFIVENTRIS. 



Cinclus rufiventris, Hempr. and Ehr. Sjmb. Phys. fol. 1. I. (1828) ; 

 Dresser, ix. p. 20. 



Ad. Kesembles C. albicollis, but has the abdomen rufous brown, and the 

 brown on the upper parts extend down to the interscapulary region with- 

 out squamations, as in C. cashmiriensis. Culmen 0'87, wing 3'15, tail 2'l r 

 tarsus 1*15. inch 



Hal. Palestine. 



35. SUBSP. CINCLUS CASHMIRIENSIS. 



Cinclus cashmiriensis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 489 ; id. B. of Asia, iv, 

 pi. 25 ; Dresser, ix. p. 17 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vi. p. 312 ; Gates, 

 F. Brit. Incl. Birds ii. p. 162. 



Ad. (Transcaspia). Upper parts as in C. melanogaster, but rather paler, 

 the brown extending over the interscapulary region, the squamations com- 

 mencing only below that part ; under parts rather paler than in C. melano- 

 (faster, and the flanks less grey. Culmen 0'8 to 39, wing 3'25 to 3*9, tail 

 1-1 to 3-5, tarsus 1'8 to 2'5 inch. 



Hal. Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Persia, Afghanistan, and 

 Kashmir, east as far as Chinese Mongolia. 



36. SUBSP. CINCLUS BAICALENSIS. 



Cinclus baicalensis, Dresser, Ibis, 1892, p. 385 ; id. B. of Eur. ix. p. 20. 



Ad. (Lake Baikal). Differs from (7. cashmiriensis in having the upper 

 parts of a peculiar velvety, mouse-brown colour, the head and neck paler 

 than the back, the entire upper parts down to the rump mouse-brown 



