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Pdrocinda cyane, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 65 (1873). 
Monticola cyanea, Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 155 (1876) ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 39 (1885). 
°nticola cyanus, Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 316 (1881) ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 438; C. Swinh. 
I5is, 1882, p. 105; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 68; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. lvi. p. 82 (1887); Sharpe, 
Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. p. 73 (1889). 
drophila cyanus, Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 146 (1890). 
N °- 425, juy. Dras, August 16, 1873. 
A young bird in nearly complete blue plumage, moulting from the spotted or nestling 
plumage. 
A 0- 426, 2 . Drds, August 16, 1873. 
_°- 512. Kharbu, August 22, 1873. 
0S - 548, 565. Leb, August 28, 1873. 
t ' °^°uel Biddulph says that he only saw this Bock-Thrush in the Indus Valley and a little 
in T ° Ut ^ Dras. Dr. Henderson writes : — “ The Blue Bock-Thrush was only met with 
s eeu a ar) 4 there only on the upward journey in June and July. Solitary individuals were 
1 throughout Ladak west of Leh, at Shargol and other places, near streams &c.” 
2 Genus MONT ICO LA. 
Monticola SAXATILIS. 
drocinda saxatilis (L.) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 65 (1873) ; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. 
Wien, 1883, p. 87; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 39 (1885); Raddc, Ornis, iii. p.487 (1887). 
0 dicola saxatilis, Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 190 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 335; 
blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 156 (1876) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 139 (1876) ; Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. 
ii. p. 201 (1877) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 53 ; Scully, ibid. p. 439; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 68; 
Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. p. 73 (1889) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 147 (1890). 
°’ Leh, September 6, 1873. — Length 8 inches, wing 4'68, tail 2’35, tarsus 1T5 ; bill 
Loni front 07, from gape IT. Iris dark brown ; bill horny black, lower mandible paler ; 
fe et black. 
i^o 'Apparently adult female in winter plumage. 
SAY. 0 f ig}jj z Yar, May 18, 1874. 
4-U adult male in full plumage. 
°bt a ^- ^oliczka states that this Bock-Thrush was rare near Ighiz Yar. Dr. Henderson 
a y° un g male, a bird of the year, at Shahidfila, in Hill Yarkand, on the 21st of 
end f )6r ’ Scully gives the following note : — “ This species was first noticed about the 
kaJk September at some of the small oases in the desert-ground between Sanju and 
ab 0ll t • l ; ’ an elevation of about 6000 feet. The birds were tolerably numerous, hopping 
year -u eu ^ivated fields. After that these birds were never observed until the following 
feet ’ rj^° n the Y we re met with on the banks of the Karakash at an elevation of about 12,000 
k°Urin l0 ' V *' lx 'quented grassy ground, and when alarmed flew up and perched on the neigh- 
§ rocks.” 
