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thrice saw Thrushes, disappearing in the brushwood gloom, 

 which I believed to be this species, but in no case was I 

 near enough, or had a sufficiently good look to be certain, and 

 so for the present I can only put this down as occurring in 

 the Western hills. 



I do not think I have ever published accurate measure- 

 ments, &c., of this species, and as I have shot and measured 

 many here I may as well give these now : — 



Length. Expanse. Tail, Wing. Tarsus. Bill from gape. Weight. 



$ ... no 17-5 4 4 5-72 1'46 1-25 3-5 ozs. 



$ ... 10 75 16-75 4-25 5'62 1-5 1-25 40 



$ ... 10-75 17-0 3 8 5-75 1-4 1-2 3-75 " 



$ ... 10 8 17-7 4-4 6-1 1'5 121 3-7 " 



¥ ... 104 16-0 3-5 5-35 138 1-1 3-2 ',', 



The legs and feet are pale fleshy to brownish or yellowish 

 fleshy, generally a little darker on toes ; the claws brown 

 to dark horny ; the bill varies from brown to brown- 

 ish black, fleshy yellow, orange fleshy or fleshy brown at 

 gape and base of lower mandible, and sometimes the edges of 

 the upper mandible as far as the nostrils ; the irides clear 

 wood brown. 



Godwin-Austen obtained this species in the Khasi hills, and 

 Eamsay got it at Tonghoo in the extreme north of Tenasserim 

 (as now officially constituted) and in Karenee, but beyond 

 this I have no knowledge of its occurrence in Assam, Sylhst, 

 Cachar or British Burmah. 



371.— Oreocincla dauma. Lath. 



Decidedly common in both the Eastern and Western hills, 

 low down as in the Eerung valley and high up as at Aimole. 



In this species some of the specimens have the general 

 colour of the upper parts greyish brown, others ochraceous 

 brown. 



Yet it is on a like dijBference that Mr. Seebohm admits 

 0. haucii, Swinh., as distinct from 0. varia, Pall. It is true, 

 he also says, that it is slightly larger, but this will not hold 

 good since a fine Cheefoo specimen (-yic^e VI, 257), which is 

 ochraceous brown above and should therefore be varia, has the 

 wing 6 6. 



Our present species has been recorded by Godwin- Austen 

 from the Garo hills, but this is the only record I have 

 of its occurrence in Assam, Sylhet and Cachar, though, 

 common as it is in Manipur, it is sure to occur in 

 N. E. Cachar, the Khasi and Naga hills and the Dibrugarh 

 district. 



