268 TURDIDJE, 



Hein. i. p. 3 (1850) ; Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 25 (1854) ; Horsf. ^ 

 Moore, Cat B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 195 (1854) ; Jaub. et Barth.- 

 Lapomm. Bich. Orri. p. 217 (1859) ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. ^c. Nepal 

 Coll. Ho(hjs. p. 41 (1863); id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 256. no. 3721 

 (1869) ; Goidd, B. Gt. Br. vol. ii. pi. xxxvi. (1873) ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. 

 Zool. France, 1876, p. 148. 



Turdus bechsteiuii, Naum. Vog. Deutschl. ii. p. 310 (1822). 



Cichloides bechsteinii {Naum.), Kaup, Natiirl. Si/st. p. 153 (1829). 



Sylvia atrogularis (Temm.), Savi, Orn. Tosc. iii. p. 203 (1831). 



Merula atrogularis (Temm.'), Bp. Comp. List B. Bur. Sf N. Amer. 

 p. 17 (18.38). 



Turdus atrigularis (Temm.), Keys. u. Bias. Wirb. JEur. pp. Ii, 177 

 (1840) ; Bp. Comp. i. p. 273 (1850) ; Neivt. List B. Bur. Blasius, 

 p. 9 (1862) ; Degl. et Gerbe, Orn. Bur. i. p. 485 (1867) ; Fritsck, 

 Vog. Bur. J,. 144 (1870); Salvad. Faim. Ital. Ucc. p. 83 (1871); 

 Newt. ed. Yarr. Br. B. i. p. 276 (1872) ; Harting, Handb. Br. B. 

 p. 101 (1872); Severtz. Tnrhest. Jevotn. pp. 64, 118 (1873); 

 Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 332 ; Blanf. East. Pers. ii. p. 158 (1876) ; 

 Dresser, B. Eur. pt. Ix. (1877) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 6. 



Turdus varicollis, Hodgs. MS. Drawings (in the Brit. Mus.) of B. of 

 Nepal, Pusseres, pi. 148. nos. 198, 199, & pi. 149. nos. 198, 199 

 (icon. ined.). 



Turdus auroreus. Pall.?, ajmd Nordm. Demid. Vog. Buss, merid. iii. 

 p. 125 (1840). 



Merula leucogaster, BlytJi, J. A. S. Beng. xvi. p. 149 (1847). 



Planesticus atrogularis (Temm.), Bp. Cat.Parzvd. p. 5 (1854); Jerd. 

 B. Ind. i. p. 529 (1862) ; Godiv.-Aust. J. A. S. Beng. xxxix. pt. 2, 

 p. 103 (1870) ; mme ^ Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 192 (1873). 



Cicliloides atrigularis (Temm.), Tytler, Ibis, 1869, p. 124. 



Turdus mystacinus, Severtz. Turkest, Jevotn. pp.64, 118, 119 (1873) ; 

 Dj-esser, Ibis, 1875, p. 332. 



In the adult male in spring plumage the general colour of the 

 upper parts is pale greyish brown, the feathers on the head darker 

 in their centres ; lores nearly black ; ear-coverts black, with pale 

 tips ; eye-stripe black, obscure, and not extending far behind the 

 eye ; wings and tail brown, each feather having a narrow pale 

 margin ; wing-coverts and outside webs of innermost secondaries 

 the same colour as the back. Chin, throat, and breast black, each 

 feather with an obscure pale margin ; the rest of the underparts 

 white, each feather, except those of the centre of the belly, having 

 an obscure pale-grey centre ; under tail-coverts white, the basal 

 portion of the margin brown ; axillaries grey, with an obscure shade 

 of chestnut ; under wing-coverts buff, darker in their centres ; inner 

 margin of ciuiUs pale brown. Bill black, somewhat paler at the base 

 of the under mandible. Wings with the third and fourth primaries 

 nearly equal and longest, second primary between the fourth and 

 fifth, bastard primary 0-8 to 0-5 inch. Legs, feet, and claws dark 

 brown. Length of wing 5-4G to 4*95 inches, tail 4*2 to 3'6, culmen 

 0-91 to 0-81, tarsus 1-35 to 1-25. 



The female differs from thcmale in not having the black on the 

 sides of the head and on the chin, throat, and breast ; the feathers 

 on the sides of the neck, upper throat, and breast have conspicuous 

 dark centres, leaving the lower throat a uniform creamy white. 



