238 



e',f,g'. S imm. slv. 



//. c? imm. sk. 



i' , k'. 5 imm. sk. 



/'. 2 ad. sk. 



m . 2 ad. sk. 

 n. 2 ad. sk. 



o'. 2 ad. sk. 



2)'. 2 imm. sk. 

 q'. 2 ad. sk. 

 r'. Juv. sk. 

 «'. c? ad. sk. 

 f. 2 fid. sk. 

 ?6'. (S ad. sk. 

 j;'. Juv. sk. 



w', x' . Skeletons. 

 ?/'. Sternum. 

 z',a",V'. Skulls, 

 c"-/". Skulls. 



Aviugton, Hauts, Nov. 1873. 



Avington, Hants, May 1873. 



Avington, Hants, Nov. 1873. 



Aviugtou, Nov. 1873. 



Avington, Hants. 

 Cookham, Surrey, Feb. 2, 



1874. 

 MongeroD, Paris, Feb. 11, 



187o. 

 Piedmont, Oct. 1872. 

 Tunis (Fraser). 

 Tunis (Fraser). 

 Mt. Tabor, Palestine. 

 Jericho, Palestine. 

 Sliiraz, Persia. 

 Shiraz, Persia (5o00 feet), 



June 24, 1872. 

 England (^Daniels). 



Wiirtemberg. 

 England. 



Sbarpe, Esq. 

 Sharpe, Esq. 

 Sharpe, Esq. 

 Sbarpe, Esq. 



E. B. 



[P.]. 

 E. B. 



E. B. 



^ [P.]. 

 E. B. 



[P.]. 



Capt. Sbelley [P.]. 

 E. B. Sbai-pe, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 E. B. Sbarpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Count Salvador! [P.]. 

 Purchased. 

 Purchased. 

 Canon Tristram [C.]. 

 Canon Tristram fC.I. 

 Col. St. John [C.]. 

 W. T. Blanford.Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Purchased. 

 Purchased. 

 Dr. A. Giintber . 

 Purchased. 



2. Merula mandarina. 



Turdus sinensis, Cuv., Jicle Less. Trai/e, p. 408 (1831, descr. 7it(!l.); 



Grrnj, Hand-J. B. i. p. 255. no. 3703 (1809). 

 Tm-dus mandarinus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 275 (1850) ; Stoinhoe, Ibi^, 1860, 



p. 56 ; id. Ibis, 1«61, p. 38 ; id. Ibis, 1870, p. 248. 

 Merula mandarina {Bo/iap.), Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Miis. F.I. Co. 



i. p. 196 (1854). 

 Tm-dus (Merula) mandarinus {Bp^, Sicinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 281. 

 Merula sinensis (Cuv.), Jide Su-in/ioe, P.Z.S. 1871, p. 367; Favid 



et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 148 (1877). 



In the adult male in spring pheniuge the general colour is an 

 almost unifonn very dark brown, nearly black ; the feathers of 

 the chin and upper throat always show more or less distinct pale 

 edges, and the feathers of the underparts generally sliow traces of 

 paler margins. BiU yellow. "Wings with the third, fourth, and 

 fifth primaries nearly equal and longest, second primary equal to 

 or slightly shorter than the sixth, bastard primary l-Q to 0-75 

 inch. Legs, feet, and claws nearly black. Length of wing 6-2 to 

 5-5 inches, taO 4-9 to 4-1, culmeu 1-02 to O-OG, tarsus I'o to 1-35. 



The female scarcely differs from the male. Birds of the year show 

 the paler brown edges to the feathers of the underparts more con- 

 spicuously, especially on the chin and upper throat. Young in Jirst 

 plumage "have only obscure traces of the pale centres and dark 

 margins to the small feathers, and pale tips to the large feathers so 

 characteristic of the family, except on the underparts, where they 

 are more conspicuous than usual. 



The South-Chinese Ouzel is a resident in South China, from 



