. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 622 6. OREOCORYS. ^ype. Heterura, Hodgs. J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 586 (1845, nee Sieb.) 0. Foot of Oreocorys sylvami^. Range. Himalayas, 1. Oreocorys sylvanus. Heterura sylvana, Hodgs. J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 556 (1845); id, JP. Z. S. "1845, p. 33 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepalpres. Hodgs. p. 108 (1846) : Jard. Contr. Orn. 1848, p. 26, cum tab.; Bh/th, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 134 (1849); Bp. Consp. i. p. 279 (1850) ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodc/s. p. 58 (1863); Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 239 (1803) ; Bcavan, Ibis,
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 622 6. OREOCORYS. ^ype. Heterura, Hodgs. J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 586 (1845, nee Sieb.) 0. Foot of Oreocorys sylvami^. Range. Himalayas, 1. Oreocorys sylvanus. Heterura sylvana, Hodgs. J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 556 (1845); id, JP. Z. S. "1845, p. 33 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepalpres. Hodgs. p. 108 (1846) : Jard. Contr. Orn. 1848, p. 26, cum tab.; Bh/th, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 134 (1849); Bp. Consp. i. p. 279 (1850) ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodc/s. p. 58 (1863); Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 239 (1803) ; Bcavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 80; Felz. t. c. p. 312; Brooks, Ibis, 1869, p. 57; Ball, Str. F. 1875, p. 207; Brooks, t. c. p. 252 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 387 (1875) ; id. Str. F. 1879, p. 104; Scidly, t. c. p. 318. Cinclorhamplius sylvanus, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 168 (1848). Anthus sylvanus. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 252, no. 3666 (1869). Exncl daw strongly curved, decidedly less than hind toe itself. Tarsus longer than hind toe and claw combined, and slightly scu- tellate near the upper end of the planta. Primaries equal and longest, 1, 2, 3, 4 : fftli primary only a trifle shorter than the fourth, and even slightly exceeding the long secondaries. Feet in skin reaching to aboiit two thirds of the tail. Primaries emargi- nate, 2, 3, 4, 5. Adult. General colour above Lark-like, the feathers of the upper surface blackish brown in their centres, margined with inifous-buff, paler on their edges; hind neck lighter buff, with narrower dark- brown streaks; scapulars like the back; wing-coverts blackish brown, broadly margined with rufous-buff; the greater and primaiy- coverts brown, edged with rufous-buff, the inner greater coverts and secondaries externally sandy buff; tail-feathers light brown, edged with fulvous, plainer on the outer webs, the outer feather obliquely white towards the tip of the inner web, and the penultimate feather with a white tip to the inner web; lores and a distinct eyebrow
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