[IANTHOCINCLA PHCNICEA, Gow.

lan. vertice, corpore supra et infra, nec non humeris intense olivaceo-fuscis ; lined supra-oculari niord. nota in ra-oculart
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plumisque auricularibus sanguineis. Ale primariis secundariisque externé coccineo marginatis, illis per totam longi
tudinem, his per dimidium apicale solummodo, ad basin namque cinereis nigrisque ; pogonits omnium internis nigrescenti-
Suscis, rectricibus caude supra intense fuscis ; at infra, et ad apicem, @que ac crissa, igneo-aurantiacis, apicibus caude
pallidioribus. Rostro pedibusque intense fuscis.
Long. tot. 84 unc. ; rostri, 1; ale, 31; caude, 4; tarsi, 78

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 red; 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 bar 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 palest ; bill and feet deep brown.

 

Tanthocincla phenicea, Gould, in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part V. 1837.

 

Tue high lands of India would appear to constitute nearly the sole habitat of the peculiar race of Thrushes
to which I have given the name of Janthocincla. 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 with 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.

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