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Rh broadly tipped with black ; under wing-coverts black, broadly tipped with white.

The young after the first autumn moult appear to be tinged with rufous, and to have the spots on the wing-coverts larger than in the adult.

Legs and feet yellowish fleshy ; claws horny brown ; bill dull black; base of lower mandible pale fleshy brown; iris deep brown (Hume).

Length about 11 ; tail 3-8 to 4-2; wing 5-5 to 6; tarsus 1-4 ; bill from gape 1*2.

Distribution. I have examined specimens of this Thrush from numerous localities in the Himalayas from Chamba to Darjiling, and from no other part. Godwin- Austen records it from the Khasi hills, and Hume is under the impression that he recognized this species in Manipur, but he was unable to secure a specimen. This Thrush ascends the Himalayas up to 6000 or 8000 feet in summer, and probably descends to the lower valleys in winter.

Habits, fyc. The eggs of this species are described as being white marked with two shades of red, and measuring about K35 by -88.

702. Oreocincla dixoni. The Long-tailed Mountain-Thrush. Oreocincla mollissima (Blyth), apud Walden in Blyttts Birds Burm. p. 100 ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 256 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 403.

Geocichla dixoni, Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 161 j Oates, B. B. i, p. 7.

Coloration. Resembles 0. mollissima, but differs in having a much longer tail and large and distinct fulvous tips to the median and greater wing-coverts at all ages.

Iris brown ; bill brown ; gape yellowish ; legs dull brownish yellow (Wardlaw Ramsay}.

Of the same size as 0. mollissima, with the exception of the tail, which measures about 4'7.

Distribution. I have examined specimens of this species procured in the hills north of Mussooree, in Nepal, at Darjiling, and in Karennee.

703. Oreocincla spiloptera. The Spotted-wing Thrush.

Oreocincla spiloptera, Bh/th, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 142 (1847) ; id. Cat. p. 100 ; Legge, S. F. ii'i, p. 367 ; Hume, S. F. vii, p. 382 ; id. Cat. no. 372 ter ; Oates in Hume's N. 8f E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 109. Turdus spiloptera (Blytli), Leyge, Birds Ccyl. p. 451, pi. xix.

Geocichla spiloptera (BlytJi), Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 167.

Coloration. Upper plumage and lesser wing-coverts rich olive-lirown tinged with russet; tail rusty olive-brown; wings dark brown, broadly edged with olive-brown, the median and greater coverts more or less black tipped with white ; lores whitish ; ear-coverts mixed white and black; lower plumage white, tinged with