272 TURDiD.?:. 



the feathers on the throat have dark-hrown fan-shaped terminal 

 spots ; the axillaries are usuallj' entirely deep butf ; and the inner 

 margin of the quiUs is usuallj' buff. 



Birds of the i/car retain some of the pale tips to the wing-coverts. 

 Young in Jirst plumage appear to bo unknown. 



Examples from the Eastern Himalaj-as, where the rainfall is very 

 great, have the upper back of the male and the whole of the upper 

 parts of the female russet-brown, and are slightly smaller than 

 Western birds. If admitted as subspecifically distinct, they will 

 stand as M. homochroa of Hodgson. 



Tiekell's Ouzel breeds throughout the Himalayas, becoming rarer 

 towards the east. During the cold season it descends to the 

 l)lains. 



a, b. S 2. ad. sk. N. W. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pin- 



will [P.]. 



c. (J ad. sk. Nepal. B. H.Hodgson, Esq. [P,]. 



d. cJ ad. St. Nepal. B.H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of P. homochroa, Hodgs.) 

 e-7t. 2 ad.;/. cJimm.sk. Nepal. B.H.Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



k, I. 5 ad. imm. sk. Bengal {As. Sac). India Museum, 



w. 2 ad. sk. Bengal {As. Sac). India Museum. 



n. (5 imm. sk. [Eastern Ghats.] Dr. Jerdon [P.]. 



o. Ad. st. Himalayas {Farrell). Zoological Society. 



(Type of Turdus tmicolor, Gould.) 

 p, q. (5 2^^-i '■) *• J^i^- ^^^- Ceishmeve(D>:Iiellezv). India Museum. 



45. Merula olivatra. 



Merula olivatra, Lafr. Hcv. Zool. 1848, p. 2. 



Turdus olivater (Lafr.), Sdater, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 33.3; Gray, Hand-l. 

 B. i. p. 2.58. no. 3"770 (1869) ; Scl. ^- Salt: Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 2 

 (1873). 



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

 upper parts is dark olive-green : head, lores, and ear-coverts black ; 

 no trace of eye-stripe ; wings dark brown, the outside M'ebs mar- 

 gined with dark olive-green ; tail dark brown. Chin and throat 

 black ; the remainder of the underparts dull huffish brown, darkest 

 on the flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts ; axillaries and under 

 wing-coverts pale huffish-brown; inner margin of quills scarcely 

 paler than the rest of the under surface. Bill bright yellow above 

 and below. "NYing with the fourth and fifth primaries nearly equal 

 and longest, second primary between the seventli and eighth, bastard 

 primary 0*95 inch. Legs, feet, and claws pale. Length of wing 

 4-65 to 4-4 inches, tail 3-7 to 3-35, culmen 0-98 to 0-9, tarsus 1-28 

 to 1-25. 



The female, birds of the gear, and young in first plumage are un- 

 known. 



The Olive-backed Ouzel has only been recorded from the north of 

 South America, between La Guayra and Caracas, about the centre 

 of the coast of Yenezucla. 



The British Museum does not possess an example of this rare 

 Ouzel. Skins are in the collections of Dr. Sclater, Messrs. Salvin and 

 Godman, and my own. 



