152 TURDlD-i:. 



Turdus aureus, Holandre, Ann. de Veir. IS:?'), p. 310 ; Schinz, Eur. 



F««>J. i. p. 1(31 (1840); Bah<ns. Journ. Oni. 1856, p. 2:37; Deffl. 



et Gerbe, Orn. Ear. i. p. 420 (18(37). 

 Tiivdus squamatus, B tie, Isis, 183o, p. 251. 

 Tardus whitei, Effon, Rarer Brit. B. p. 92 (18.36) ; Gould, B. of 



Eur. ii. pi. 81 (1837) ; Keys. u. Bias. Wirb. Eur. pp. lii et 170 



(1840); Yarr. Brit. B. ed.'i. p. 184 (1843) ; Sch. Rev. Crit. pp. xli 



et 70(1844) ; Grui/, Gen. B. i. p. 218 (1847): Temm. et ScM. Faun. 



Japan, p. 67 (1847) ; Nauni. Vog. Deutschl. xiii. pi. 354 (18(30). 

 Oreocincla whitei (Ei/ton), Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 136; Bp. Comp. 



List B. Eur. 4- X. Amer. p. 17 (18-38). 

 Oreocincla varia (PaH.), Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 1-36; Cah. Mus. 



Hein. i. p. 6 (1850) ; Sund. Journ. Orn. 1857, p. 160 ; Swinhoe, 



P. Z. S. 1871, p. 367 ; Tacz. Bull. Son. Zool. France, 1876, p. 146 ; 



David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 158 (1877) ; Prjec. Rowl. Orn. Misc. 



ii. p. 200 (1877). 

 Oreociucla am-ea (JToL), Bonap. Cat. Ucc.Eur. p. .34. no. 136 (1842); 



id. Consp. i. p. 362 (1850); id. Rev. et Mar/. Zool. 1857, p. 205 ; 



Tonus, Ibis, 1859, p. 379 : Jaub. et Barth .-Lapomm. Rich. Orn. 



p. 202 (1859) ; GoM, B. Gt. Br. ii. pi. 39 ( 1873). 

 Tiu-dus lunulatns. Lath, apud Bias. List B. Eur. p. 9 (1862). 

 Turdus dau'.ua. Lath, apud Pelzcln, Verh. k. k. zool.-bot. Gesell. ITien, 



1871, p. 70.3. 



In the adult male in sprinr/ plumar/e the general colour of the 

 upper parts is ochraceous brown, each feather having a transverse 

 terminal crescent-shaped hlack band ; most of the feathers have 

 pale shafts and a more or less distinct ochraceoiis transverse sub- 

 terminal band, very conspicuous on the head and neck ; lores 

 grej-ish white ; no trace of eye-stripe ; wing-coverts and innermost 

 secondaries shading from dark olive-brown on the inside webs to 

 ochraceous brown on the outside webs, but, with the exception of 

 the primary-coverts, wanting the black terminal bands ; quills brown, 

 the outside webs ochraceous brown ; four central and terminal 

 portion of two outside tail-feathers on each side ochraceous brawn, 

 the remaining three on each side very dark olive-brown ; five outside 

 tail-feathers on each side more or less distinctlj' tipped with white, 

 and all more or less obscurely barred. Underparts white, with a 

 more or less distinct tinge of ochraceous on the breast, each feather 

 with a transverse terminal crescent-shaped black band, nearly 

 obsolete on the chin, centre of belly, and under tail-coverts : axil- 

 laries, basal half white, terminal half black ; under wing-coverts, 

 basal portion black, terminal portion wliite ; basal half of inner web 

 of secondaries and basal portion of many of the primaries pale buff. 

 Bill dark brown above, basal half of under mandible pale yellowish 

 brown. "Wing with the third and fourth primaries nearly equal and 

 longest, second primary between the fourth and fifth, bastard 

 primary 1-05 to 0'9 inch. Legs, feet, and claws pale yellowish brown. 

 Length of wing G-4 to 5-9 inches, tail 4-5 to 4-15, culmen 1-3 to 1-1, 

 tarsus 1-4 to 1-3. 



It is not known that there is any difference in the colour of the 

 plumage of the sexes, or in consequence of the autumn moult. Birds 

 of the year and youiuj in first plumage are unknown. 



