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to Kazan, Ufa, Orenburg; ; and in Siberia cast to Yenisei. 

 Migratory ; occurs in winter liritain. Continental Europe south 

 to Mediterranean, N.W. Africa, Madeira, Canaries, Caucasus, 

 and Persia. 



Turdus obscurus. Gmelin. 



^ Above olive brown, greyish on crown ; lores black, 

 supercilium and patch under eye white ; beneath, chin white, 

 throat slaty grey, breast and flanks pale cinnamon, abdomen and 

 under tail coverts white, under wing coverts and axillaries grey. 

 Bill brown, paler below at base. Legs and feet brown. Wing 

 123-130. Tarsus 31-33. Culmen 21-23 (^O- ? Crown like 

 back, throat white, striped grey brown at sides ; under wing 

 coverts tinged buff. 



Breeds. — E. Siberia. Occurs as rare visitor to Europe (recorded 

 Holland, Germany, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy). 



Turdus naumanni Temminck. 



^ winter. Above grey brown, generally with some chestnut 

 spots ; rump and upper tail coverts pale chestnut, at times grey 

 and chestnut mixed ; beneath pale chestnut, with small black 

 spots on sides of throat and white tips elsewhere except centre 

 of abdomen and breast, which are white, tail pale chestnut, 

 central pair of feathers and inner webs of others grey brown. 

 Bill brown (in summer yellowish below). Legs and feet brown. 

 Wing 130-140. Tarsus 31-33. Bill 15-16. ? throat paler and 

 throat and breast slightly spotted. Wing about 5 m.m. shorter. 

 In summer back is uniform grey brown, and white tips beneath 

 wear off. 



Breeds. — E. Siberia. Of occasional occurrence in C. and S. 

 Europe. 



Turdus eunomus Temminck. Dusky Thrush. ("T. 

 fuscatus " of authors). 



$ winter. Above brown black with smoky edges to feathers ; 

 wing coverts, outer margins and inner webs of quills and under 

 wing coverts chestnut ; supercilium, throat, under tail coverts and 

 middle of abdomen white ; breast and sides black with white 

 edges ; tail dark brown. Bill dark brown. Legs and feet brown. 

 In summer, back, breast and alxlomcn darker through wearing off 



