lANTHOCINCLA PHCENICEA, Gould. 
Ian. vertice, corpore suprd et infrci, nec non humeris intensi olivaceo-fuscis ; lined, supra-oculari nigrd, noth infra-oculari, 
plumisque auricularibus sanguineis. Alce primariis secundariisque externe coccineo marginatis, illis per totam longi- 
tudinem, his per dimidium apicale solummodo, ad basin namque cinereis nigrisque ; pogoniis omnium internis nigrescenti- 
fuseis, rectricibus caudee suprd intensi f uscis ; at infrh, et ad apicem, ceque ac crissa, igneo- aurantiacis, apicibus caudee 
pallidioribus. Rostro pedibusque intense fuscis. 
Long. tot. 8^- unc . ; rostri, 1 ; alas, 3^ ; caudee, 4 ; tarsi. If. 
Crown of the head, all the upper and under surface, including the shoulders, dark olive brown j over each eye a 
stripe of black ; feathers beneath the eye and the ear-coverts blood red ; primaries and secondaries margined 
externally with rich scai’let, the former for the whole of their length, the latter for half their length from the 
tip, their basal portions being grey and black, and forming a bar half across the wing ; the internal webs ‘of 
all these feathers blackish brown j tail deep brown above ; beneath, together with the under tail-coverts and 
the tips of all the tail-feathers, fiery orange, the tips being the palest ; bill and feet deep brown. 
lanthocincla phosnicea, Gould, in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part V. 1837. 
The high lands of India would appear to constitute nearly the sole habitat of the peculiar race of Thrushes 
to w hich I have given the name of lanthocincla. A single specimen of the present beautiful species formed 
part of a collection made in the Himalaya, and is in all probability unique. It has all the peculiar markings 
of the wings and tail, which is found to adorn the typical examples of the genus ; but in no species that I 
have yet had an opportunity of examining has the colouring been so vivid, nor wnth so bright a hue of 
the under surface of the tail ; while the extremely short, round, and concave form of the wings is in strict 
accordance with the type of the genus, viz. lanthocincla squamata. 
Habitat Himalaya Mountains. 
The Plate represents the bird of the natural size in two different positions. 
