270 TXIIIDID>E. 



(1847) ; Bhjth, Cat. B. Mm. As. Soc. p. 161 (1849) ; Bp. Comp. 



i. p. 273 (1850) ; Gould, B. Asia, i. pi. 66 (1851) ; Naum. Fdff. 



DeidscM. xiii. p. 316, pi. 360 (1853) ; Horsf. df Moore, Cat. B. 



Mtts. E.I. Co. i. p. 194 (1854) ; Licht. Nome'ncl. Av. p. 25 (1854) ; 



Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 281 ; Gray, Cat. Mainm. 4'c. Xepal Coll. 



Hodgson, p. 41 (1863) ; Degl. et Gerhe, Orn. Eur. i. p. 412 (1867) ; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 256. no. 3722 (1869); Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 



1871, p. 366; Severiz. Turkest.Jevotn. pp. 69,119 (1873); Dresser, 



Ibis, 1875, p. 334 ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1876, p. 147 ; 



Prjev. Rotiiey's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 197 (1877) ; Dresser, B. Eur. 



pt. Iviii. (1877) ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 156 (1877). 

 Red-necked Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 31 (1783). 

 Turdus erythnu'us, Hodgs. MS. Drawings (in the Brit. Mus.) of B. 



of Nepal, Passeres, pi. 149. no. 200, & pl. 149«. no. 720, wide Hodgs. 



Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1840). 

 Planesticus ruficoUis (Pall.), Bp. Cat. Parzud. p. 5 (1856) ; Jerdon, 



B. Ind. i. p. 528 (1862) ; Godtc.-Aust. J. A. S. Beng. xxxix. pt. 2, 



p. 182 (1870). 

 Turdus hyemalis, Dyhoicsky, Journ. Orn. 1872, p. 439. 



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

 parts is grey ; lores dark grey ; ear-coverts grey ; eye-stripe chestnut, 

 narrow, scarcely reaching to the nape ; wings and wing-coverts brown, 

 edged with grey ; centre tail-feathers brown, remainder chestnut on 

 inside web and basal portion of outside web. Chin, throat, and breast 

 chestnut, the margin of the feathers paler ; the rest of the under- 

 parts greyish white, the feathers on the flanks with obscure darker 

 centres ; axiUaries and under wing-coverts buflish chestnut ; inner 

 margin of quills pale brown. Bill dark brown, under mandible yel- 

 lowish at the base. Wings with the third and fourth primaries nearly 

 equal and longest, second primary between the fourth and fifth, 

 bastard primary 0-7 to 0-5 inch. Legs, feet, and claws brown. 

 Length of wing 5-25 to 4-85 inches, tail 3-8 to 3-5, culmen 0-9 to 

 0-85, tarsus 1-38 to 1-28. 



The female differs from the male in having very little chestnut on 

 the throat and breast, which have the general colour of the flanks, 

 with black fan-shaped terminal spots to many of the feathers. 

 Males of the year much resemble the adult female, but have the 

 throat and upper breast much darker. Young in first plumage are 

 unknown. 



M. rvficollis and M. naumanni are very nearly allied. Both species 

 have always a great deal of chestnut on the tail. Adult M. nau- 

 manni shows more or less chestnut on the upper parts, especially on 

 the rump, whilst there is no chestnut on the upper parts of immature 

 M. naumanni or of M. rujicollis at any age. The chin, throat, and 

 breast of both species are chestnut in the adult : but the moustachial 

 line of black spots in M. rujicollis disappears at the second moult, 

 whilst in M. naumanni it only disappears in very old birds. The 

 only character that appears to be constant at all ages is the colour 

 of the underparts below the breast. In M. naumanni these are 

 always more or less marked with chestnut, whilst they are never so 

 in M. rujicollis. 



The Eed-throated Ouzel is a Central-Asian bird, breeding in the 



