Tas. XVII. 
CINCLOSOMA ERYTHROCEPHALUM. 
Cinclos. supra cineraceum, subtus pallidius, rubro leviter tinctum ; nucha maculis atris semiluna- 
. . “Je . ° A . . . . . . 
ribus grandibus, pectore gracilioribus notates ; gula notisque auricularibus nigris ; capite 
notaque alarum castaneo-rufis. 
Longitudo corporis, 93 unc. 
Tue present species, which appears to be of equally frequent occurrence with the last, is also peculiar to the 
Himalayan range. We are informed by Mr. Shore, to whose MS. we are indebted for our information 
respecting the habits of this bird, that it is by no means uncommon in the district called Awmoun; where it 
frequents shady ravines, building in hollows in their precipitous sides, and making its nest of small sticks and 
fine grasses, the eggs being four in number, of a sky blue. 
As might be expected from its affinity to the Zhrushes in general, the sexes present little or no difference 
of plumage; the feathers at the back of the head of the male, however, appear to be elongated in a trifling 
degree. The whole of the upper part is cinereous olive: the top of the head, the occiput, and a spot on the 
shoulders are dark rufous; the throat is black; the neck marked with large black semilunar dots, which 
extend round to the breast, where they become smaller and more diffused ; the under surface is pale grey 
with a tinge of red ; the beak black; the tarsi horn-brown. 
The Plate represents the species of the natural size. 
