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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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The Black -throated Ouzel {Merula atrigidaris, Temminck) 

 is an exceedingly rare autumn migrant to the British Islands, 

 and breeds in Siberia, as far south in Asia as the Himalayas 

 and Turkestan, and in winter south to Northern India and 

 Persia. The adult male has the upper parts olive-brown ; 

 throat and breast, black ; abdomen, white ; sides and 

 flanks, greyish-brown ; tail, dark brown ; axillaries, rich 

 chestnut ; irides, dark brown ; bill, dark brown on upper 

 mandible, lighter below ; legs and feet, light brown. 

 Length, about nine inches. The adult female lacks the 

 black on the throat and breast, the feathers having dark 

 centres; lower throat, uniform buffish-white. The young 

 males are said to be similar to the adult females. 



