348. Hydrobata cashmiriensis, Gould.

P. Z. S., 1859, p. 494. - H. cinclus apud Adams, P. Z. S., 1858.

The White-breasted Cashmere Dipper.

Descr. - Crown of head, ear-coverts, and mantle, brown, darker on the upper back and wing-coverts ; lower back, and tail-coverts, grey, with a dark central mark on each feather; wings and tail blackish-grey; throat and breast white ; upper part of the abdomen brown, greyish on the flanks and vent; tarsus brown. Length 7 inches; wing 3 7/8; tail 2 1/4; tarsus 1 1/3-; bill at front 7/8.

This species, which appears to be the Asiatic representative of the common European Dipper (to which, indeed, it is very closely allied, if distinct), is only found in the streams of the higher mountain ranges of Cashmere, whence it was brought by Dr. Adams.