XIL 



NOTICES 



OF 



THE ORNITHOLOGY OF NEPAL. 



By B. H. HODGSON, Esq., 



Resident at Katmandu. 



I.— EIGHT NEW SPECIES OF CINCLOSOMA, 



WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE GENUS, 



Order Insessores. Tribe Dentirostres. 

 Family Merulidjs. Genus CINCLOSOMA. 



The elegant and philosophical Vigors has lately characterised a new 

 Genus of Meruline birds to which he has given the name of Cinclosoma. 

 Mr. Vigors justly observes that this genus is clearly separated from Turdus 

 by rounder, feebler wings ; a longer, laxer, and graduated tail ; and higher 

 and stouter tarsi. Without pausing at present to enquire whether the 

 group (which is certainly a just and natural one) belong rather to the 

 Meruline or Corvine family, or, whether it has been characterised with 

 sufficient precision, at once, and latitude, I shall merely observe that accord- 

 ing to my experience the minutely exact form of the tarsi, the nostrils, and 

 wings cannot be relied on ;* and that the group, considered as contrasted 



* That is, tarsi more or less smooth or rough: the precise relation of length between some 

 dozen of the wing feathers : and the precise form of the nasal aperture. But perhaps the real 

 explanation of these did'erences is, that the value of the group has been underrated. 



