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Tail X V I I .
CINCLOSOMA ERYTHROCE PHALUM,
Cmclos. su p rà c in e ra cm m , s iib tk s p a llk liu s , ru b ro le v ite r t im t u m ; n u ch â maculis a tr is semiluna-
r ib u s g ram lib u s , p e c to r e g ra c ilto r ib u s n o ta tis ; g u lâ n o tisque a u r k u la r ib u s n ig r is ; ca p ite
n o tu q u e ala rum castaneo-rujis.
L o n g i t u d o corporis, 9 T i in c .
T h e present species, which appears to be o f equally frequent occurrcucc witli the Inst, is also peculiar to the
Hinialaynn range. We arc informed by Mr. Shore, to whose MS. wc arc iudebted for our infonnatloii
respecting the habits o f this bird, that it is by no means nucoimnon in the district called Kmmun ; where it
frequents sliaily ravines, building in liollows in their ])rccipitous sides, and making its nest of small sticks and
fine grasses, the eggs being four in niiinher, o f a sky bine.
As might be expected from its afflnity to the Thrushes in general, the sexes present little or no difference
o f plumage ; the feathers a t the back of the head of the male, iiowever, appear to be elongated in a trilling
degree. The whole of the upper part is cinereous olive i the top of the head, the occiput, and a spot on the
shoulders are dark rufous ; the throat is bla ck , the neck marked with large black scmilunar dots, which
extend round to the breast, where they become smaller and more diffused ■ the under snrfiicc is pale grey
with a tinge o f red ; the beak black ; the tarsi horn-hrowu.
Tlie Plate represents the species of the natural size.