Tas. XITI. 
TURDUS ERYTHROGASTER. 
Mas. Turd. grisescenti-ceruleus ; genis, colli lateribus, remigibusque atris ; pectore, abdomine, 
erissoque rufis. 
Fem. Cinerascenti-brunnea, dorso imo obscuré fusco fasctato, collo in fronte albescenti, fusco- 
brunneo notato ; pectore, abdomine, crissoque rufescenti-albo undulatim notatis. 
Longitudo corporis, 8+ unc.; ale, 43; caude, 3+; rostrt, 1; tarsz, 1. 
Tue present beautiful species of Thrush exhibits a marked departure in the style of colouring from its more 
typical congeners; and were it not that its form dictated the situation in which it is retained, it would other- 
wise seem to be allied in many respects to the genus Petrocincla. It is a native exclusively of the rocky 
districts of the Himalaya, and is never found in the low lands. 
The male of this species has the upper surface of a deep greyish blue, and the cheeks, sides of the neck 
and quill-feathers black ; the breast and whole of the under surface of a fine rufous ; beak and tarsi black. 
The female differs, as may be seen in the Plate,—a singular contrast to her richly painted male, being of a 
sober brown on the upper parts with a yellowish white mark on the sides of the neck, and the under parts of 
the same colour, thickly intermingled with spots of brown. 
The birds are represented of their natural size. 
