APPENDIX 



Since this work was commenced many sub-species have 

 been described, only some of which have been included or 

 referred to, and it appears that two species have been in- 

 advertently omitted. These two are the following, viz. : 



MYIOPHONEUS, Temminck, 1823. 



1218. HIMALAYAN WHISTLING THRUSH. 



MYIOPHONEUS TEMMINCKI. 



Myiophoneus temmincL'i, Vigors, P.Z.S. 1831, p. 171 ; Gould. Cent. 

 Himal. B. pi. 21 ; Severtz. Turk. Jevot. p. 65 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. vii. p. 8 ; Gates, F. Brit. Ind. Birds, i. p. 178 ; M. cceruleus, 

 Horsf. and Moore, Cat. i. p. 199 (nee. Scop.). 



Kastura, in the N.W. Himalayas. 



<J ad. (Himalayas). Plumage generally blackish blue, the feathers 

 tipped with silvery blue ; lores and base of forehead black, the forehead 

 above [cobalt-blue ; wings and tail cobalt-blue on the outer webs ; lesser 

 wing-coverts broadly margined with cobalt-blue ; median wing-coverts 

 with whitish tips ; bill yellow, the culmen and base of upper mandible 

 blackish ; legs black ; iris brown. Culmen T45, wing 7 f O, tail 5'7, tarsus 

 2'0 inch. Sexes alike. The young bird lacks the silvery blue tips to the 

 feathers, and has the underparts dull black. 



Hob. The Himalayas from the Hazara country and Gilgit to 

 Assam ; Arrakan and probably the whole country west of the 

 Irrawady river ; Karennee and the Karen hills ; Turkestan and 

 Afghanistan. 



Frequents hill-streams and torrents, in summer up to 11,000 

 feet, and perches on rocks and crags ; its food consists largely 

 of snails, and its note is a loud and pleasing whistle. It 

 breeds from April to June, and places its massive cup-shaped 



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