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IA N T H O C IN C L A PH tE N IC E A , Gould.
Ian. vértice, corpore suprá et infrá, nec non himeris intensé olivaceo-fuscis; lined supra-oculari nigrd, notd infra-oculari,
plumisque auricularibus sanguineis. Alee primariis secundariisque externe coccíneo marginatis, illis per totarn longi
tudinem, his per dimidium apicale solummodd, ad basin namque ciñereis nigrisque ; pogoniis omnium internis nigrescenti-
fuscis, rectricibus cauda suprá intensé fuscis; at infrá, et adapicem, aque ac crissa, igneo-aurantiacis, apicibus cauda
pallidioribus. Rostro pedibusque intensé fuscis.
Long. tot. 8^- une.; rostri, 1 ; ala, 3 ^ ; cauda, 4 ; tarsi, 1-f-.
Crown of the head, all the upper and under surface, including the shoulders, dark olive brown; over each eye a
stripe of black ; feathers beneath the eye and the ear-coverts blood r e d ; primaries and secondaries margined
externally with rich scarlet, 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 b ar half across the wing; the internal webs of
all these feathers blackish brown; 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 p alest; bill and feet deep brown.
Ianthocincla phcenicea, Gould, in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part V. 1837.
T he high lands o f India would appear to constitute nearly the sole habitat o f the peculiar race o f Thrushes
to which I have given the name o f Ianthocincla. A single specimen o f the present beautiful species formed
p a rt o f a collection made in the Himalaya, and is in all probability unique. I t has all the peculiar markings
o f the wings and tail, which is found to adorn the typical examples of the g en u s; but in no species that I
have yet had an opportunity o f examining has the colouring been so vivid, nor with so bright a hue o f
the under surface o f the t a il; while the extremely short, round, and concave form o f the wings is in strict
accordance with the type o f the genus, viz. Ianthocincla squamata.
Habitat Himalaya Mountains.
The Plate represents the bird o f the natural size in two different positions.