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41. Merula hortulorum*. 



Tiinlus P, SicinJwc, Ibis, ]6lJl, p. ;37. 



Tiu'dus cardis, Temvi., upud Svlater, Ibis, 1861, p. 37. 



Turdus hortulonim, Sclatcr, Ibis, 1863, p. 11)6; Sivinhoe, P. Z. S. 



1863, p. 280 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. -loij. uo. S/Si (1869) ; Swin- 



hoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 367; David et Omt. Gis. Chine, p. 151 (1877) ; 



Seebohm, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 805. 

 Tuidiis pelios, Bonap., apud Cab. Journ. Orn. 1870, p. 238, apud 



Tacz. Journ. Orn. 1875, p. 247, ajnid Sicinlioe, Ibis, 1875, p. 519, 



apud Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1876, p. 149, apud Swinhue, 



Ibis, 1876, p. 508. 

 Turdus campbelli, Sicinhoe, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1873, p. 374. 

 Tui'dus chrysopleuru.s, Sicinlioe, Ibis, 1874, p. 444, pi. xiv. 

 Tiu'dus dissimilis, BIytli, ajnid SeeboJim, Stray Feath. viii. p. 437 



(1879, partim). 



In the adult male the general colour of the upper parts is pale 

 slate-grey, slightly shaded with olive on the head ; lores and ear- 

 eoverts brown ; no trace of eye-stripe ; wings and tail brown, the 

 outer webs of each feather pale slate-grey. The centre of the chin 

 and throat nearly white, shading into greyish white on the cheeks 

 and upper breast ; lower breast, flanks, axillaries, and under wing- 

 coverts deep rich chestnut, shading into white on the centre of the 

 belly and under tail-coverts ; inner margin of quills pale chestnnt- 

 brown. Bill orange-yellow. "Wing with the third, fourth, and fifth 

 primaries nearly equal and longest, second primary intermediate in 

 length between the fifth and sixth, bastard primary 0-6 to 0-5 inch. 

 Legs, feet, and claws yellow. Length of wing 4-75 to 4-4 inches, 

 tail 3-35 to 3-1, culmen 0-9 to O'S, tarsus 1-35 to 1-2. 



The female differs from the male in having the upper parts an 

 almost uniform olive -brown ; the centre of the throat is nearly 

 white, and the cheeks and chest-feathers have dark-brown fan- 

 shaped terminal spots : the rest of the underparts resembles that 

 of the male. Afaha of the year resemble females. Young in Jirst 

 plumage are unknown. 



Swinhoe's Ouzel is supposed to be a resident in South China, but 

 probably only winters there. It is doubtfully recorded from Japan; 

 and will most likely prove to be identical with the allied species from 

 the Amoor, in which valley it doubtless breeds. 



a. $ ad. sk. China. J. R. Eeeves, Esq. [P.]. 



42. Merula atrignlaris. 



Turdus atrogularis, Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 169 (1820) ; Mei/er 

 Taschenb. Ziis. u. liir. p. 65 (1822) ; lirehm, Vciy. Deutschl. p. 389 

 (1831); Gould, B. Eur. ii. pi. 75 (1837) ; Werner. Atlas, Insectiv. 

 pi. 17 (1842); Gray, Cat. Mamm. ^-c. Xepal Coll. Ilodqs. p. 80 

 (1840); id. Gen. B. i. p. 219 (1847); Beql. Orn. Eur. i. p. 460 

 (1849); Blyth, Cat. B. Miis. As. Soc. p. 161 (1849); Cab. Mus. 



* The type of Turdus pelios, Bonap., in the Leyden Museum, is unquestionably 

 the African bird. The tail is much too long, and tbe colour of the upper parts 

 not nearly olive enough for the female or immature male of this species. 



