282 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY OF NEPAL. 



351.— Oyanocinclus cyanus, Lin. 



Male, Valley, February. — Length, 8"9 ; expanse, 14'8 ; wing-, 

 4*9; tail, 3-55; tarsus, I'l ; bill from gape, 1-25 ; bill at 

 front, 0'8 ; closed wings short of tail, 1*45. 



Bill horny black ; gape yellow ; irides deep brown ; feet and 

 claws black. No trace of ferruginous or chestnut on any part 

 of the plumage. 



Female, Valley, November. — Length, 8-9 ; expanse, 14*3 ; 

 ■wing, 4-75 ; tail, 3-5 ; tarsus, 1*05 ; bill from gape, 1'25 ; bill 

 at front, 083; closed wings short of tail, 1*4, 



Bill dusky ; irides dark brown ; feet and claws black. All the 

 feathers of the upper surface edged with whitish ; the chin whitey 

 brown, and the vent and lower tail-coverts rufescent ; not the 

 slightest tinge of blue on any part. 



The Blue Rock-Thrush is a winter visitant to the valley of 

 Nepal, arriving in October and retiring in the early part of 

 March. It was found in very small numbers, always solitary, 

 on rocks or boulders near the foot of the hills ; and was never 

 seen in the central part of the valley. 



352.— Petrophila erythrogastra, Vig. 



Two males, February and May. — Length, 9*3 and 9*5 ,* ex- 

 panse, 15 and 15-2 ; wing, 49 and 4*95 ; tail, 4*2 and 4-3; 

 tarsus, 1-03 and 1'05 ; bill from gape, 1'22 and 1-25; bill at 

 front, 0-72 and 0*75 ; closed wings short of tail, 1-75 and 1'8. 



Bill black ; gape yellow ; irides dark brown ; feet vinous 

 brown or black ; claws blackish. In one specimen the feathers 

 of the interscapulary region are narrowly edged with brownish, 

 in the other (May) the lores, cheeks, sides of neck and inter- 

 scapulary region are black, the latter faintly tinged bluish. 



Two females, June. — Length, 8*9 and 9-2 ; expanse, 137 ; 

 wing, 4*6; tail, 3*5 and 3-9; tarsus, \'\ ; bill from gape, M and 

 1'2 fbill at front, 0'75 ; closed wings short of tail, 1*8 and 1-9. 



Bill dusky ; mouth and gape yellow ; irides brown ; tarsi dark 

 brown; the toes blackish. 



The Chestnut-bellied Thrush is tolerably common on the hills 

 round the Nepal Valley, where it breeds. It is usually seen in 

 open parts of the forest, from 6,000 to nearly 8,000 feet, single 

 or in pairs ; it perches on bushes or trees and often feeds on the 

 ground on sloping grassy plots. 



353.— Petrophila cinclorhyncha, Vig. 



Male, Valley, /?^/y.— Length, 7*6; expanse, 12-5; wing, 

 4-7 ; tail, 2-8 ; tarsus, 0*9 ; bill from gape, M ; bill at front, 

 0*73 : closed wings short of tail, 0"9. 



