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TURDUS FUSCATUS 



1 60. Turdus fuscatus Pall.— THE DUSKY THRUSH. 



TuRDus FUSCATUS Pallas, Zoogr. Ross-Asiat., i, p. 451, pi. xii (1827 



Transbaikalia). 



Turdvs fnscatu8 = T. dnhius. Musters, Bull. B.O.C., xvi, p. 45 ; Saunders, 



Brit. B., I, p. 5. 



Distribution. — England. — One near Gunthorpe (Notts.), Oct. 

 13, 1905 {ut supra). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Siberia, wintering in China, north-west 

 India to Assam. Occasionally in Europe : Italy, south France, 

 Russia, probably Germany, Heligoland (once), Belgium, Holland, 

 Norway. 



TURDUS RUFICOLLIS 



161. Turdus ruficollis atrogularis Temm.— THE BLACK- 

 THROATED THRUSH. 



. Turdus atrogularis Temminck, Man. d'Orn., i, p. 169 (1820 — Austria 

 and Silesia). 

 Turdus atrigularis Temminck, Yarrell, i, p. 276 ; Saunders, p. 9. 



Distribution. — Great Britain. — Four. Male Lewes (Sussex), Dec. 

 23, 1868. One (said to have been with another) near Perth, Feb., 

 1879 (Saunders, p. 9). Male, Newenden (Kent), Jan. 30, 1909 

 (T. Parkin, Bull. B.O.C., xxiii, p. 57 ; Brit. B., ii, p. 378). Male 

 Wittersham (Kent) March 15, 1911 (N. F. Ticehurst, Bull. B.O.C., 

 xxvii, p. 94 ; Brit. B., v, p. 50). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — West Siberia to Altai Mountains and, 

 according to Sewertzow, in Turkestan. On passage or in winter 

 in Turkestan, Afghanistan, Persia, Baluchistan, Himalayas, and 

 north-west India. Once obtained in south Arabia, casual in 

 Europe : Finland, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Austria, rarer in 

 Avest. Replaced by T. ruficollis ruficollis in east Siberia. 



[XoTE. — Several examples of the American Robin, Turdus migratorius 

 migratorius L., which inhabits eastern and northern North America, and in 

 winter migrates to Florida, Texas, Bermudas, and exceptionally Cuba, have 

 been taken in the British Isles, but they had no doubt escaped from captivity. 

 Recently an attempt at introduction has been made at Guildford (Surrey).] 



TURDUS TORQUATUS 



162. Turdus torquatus torquatus L. — THE RING-OUZEL. 



Turdus torquatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 170 (1758 — Europe. 



Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Turdus torquatus Linnaeus, Yarrell, i, p. 287 ; Saunders, p. 15. 



