Mr. R. F. Tomes on White’s Thrush. 
381 
An examination of the specimen when obtained gave the 
following results. 
The tail-feathers are fourteen in number; the two central 
ones the shortest, the next pair of nearly equal length with the 
outer pair, and the remaining ones, viz. four on each side, 
nearly equal in length and the longest. The outer one has its 
root dusky, more extended on the inner than on the outer web : 
middle part greyish, tinged with yellow; the tip white, less 
distinct on the outer than on the inner web. Second feather 
similar but darker, and less grey, with the dusky part almost 
black, and reaching to two-thirds of its length. Third one 
with the dark part extended almost to the white tip, leaving 
only a small space of yellow-brown on the outer web, but 
having some of that colour at the root on that web. Fourth 
with the same patch of yellowish at the base, but reaching for 
more than half its length; whilst that which was reduced to a 
small space on the third near its tip, is in this one quite lost. 
Fifth, similar to the fourth, but the yellow-brown extended to 
fully three-fourths of its length. Six and seventh wholly yellow- 
brown, faintly barred on both webs with darker brown. All 
the white tips decreasing in size from the outer to the inner 
feathers, on which they are almost obsolete *. 
First quill short and rudimentary. Of those which really 
compose the end of the wing, the first and fourth are nearly 
equal, and the second and third also nearly equal in length and 
the longest in the wing—longer by four or five lines than the 
first and fourth. The wing, in its structure, does not differ 
much from that of the Fieldfare, Song-thrush, Ring-ousel, or 
Missel-thrush, the relative length of the quills being pretty 
similar. Closed wings with their ends extending to within two 
inches of the end of the tail. 
Irides very dark brown, almost black. Upper mandible 
uniform dark brown; lower one similar, but yellowish towards 
and at the base. Legs and feet pale yellowish-brown; claws the 
same, but paler. Weight 93§ drachms. 
* The late Prince C. L. Bonaparte, in his monograph of the genus 
Oreocincla , distinguishes this species from all the others thus :—“ Cauda 
rectricibus 14, variegata 
