3. MERVLA. 275 



(1847) ; Bp. C nsp. i. p. 273 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. i'o(i. 



no. 3723 (181)9); Stcinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 3UG ; Bli/fk 4" Jfa/i/. 



B. Burm. p. 99 (1875) ; Godw.-Amt. J. A. 8. Beng. xlv. pt. 2, 



p. r.)() (l.'^rU) ; r«c;. BuU. Soc. Zool. France, 187(), p. 149; iJacid 



ft Oust. Ois. Chute, p. 151 (1877); Hume &■ Davisou, Stray Fvath. 



vi. p. 253 (1878) ; Blakiston l^ Pnjer, Ibis, 1878, p. 240. 

 Tiu-dus daulias, Temm. PL Col. uo.' 515 (1831) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. 



p. 219 (1847) ; Temm. et fickl. Faun. Japon., Aves, p. 62, pi. xxvi. 



(1847) ; SicitiJioe, Ibis, 18(30, p. oG. 

 Turdus adveua, Swin/we, Ibis, 18C0, pp. 50, 358, 



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

 russet-hrown, tinged with gi-ey on the head : lores very dark brown ; 

 ear-coverts brown; no trace of eye-stri])e ; wings brown, the pii- 

 niarics, primary-coverts, and bastard wiug-feathcrs with the outer 

 webs slate-grey the secondaries, greater, median, and lesser wing- 

 coverts with the outer webs russet-brown. Tail dark brown, the 

 outer webs of each feather margined with olive-brown ; inner web 

 of outside tail-feathers white for half an inch at the tip; inner web 

 of second outside tail-feather on each side with rather less white at 

 the tip : more or less white at the tip of the third outside tail- 

 feather on each side. Throat and cheeks, breast and flanks slate- 

 grey, shading into white on the belly and the centre of the breast, 

 and more or less irregularly shaded with Ijrown on the lower throat, 

 sides of the breast, and flanks ; under tail-coverts white, with the 

 basal half edged with brown ; axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 pale slate-grey, obscurely tipped with white ; inner margin of 

 quills pale slaty brown. J3ill dark brown, yellow at the base of 

 the under mandible. "Wings with the third,' fourth, and fifth pri- 

 maries nearly equal and longest, second primary intermediate in 

 length between the fifth and sixth, bastard primary 0-75 to 0-5 inch. 

 Legs, feet, and claws pale brown. Length of wing 'rl to 47 

 inches, tail 3-0 to 3-3, culmen 1-0 to O-O, tarsus 1-2 to 1-1.5, 



The fewaJe differs from the male in having the parts which are 

 slate-grey replaced by russet-brown, and in having the centre of 

 the throat greyish white, and the cheeks a7id sides of the throat 

 with brown fan-sha])ed terminal spots. Males of the year have tlie 

 plumage of the female, and the greater wing-coverts with more or 

 less conspicuous pale tijjs. Youmj in Jirst plumarje are unknown. 



The Pale Ouzel breeds in the valley of the Lower Amoor and 

 in Japan, and winters in South China and Formosa, occasionally 

 straggling as far west a.<j Assam. 



a. $ ad. sk. Yokohama. H. Prver, Esq. [C.l. 



h. 2 ad. sk. Amoy. R. Swinhoe, Esq. IC.]. 



c. d, f/- ? ad. sk. Japan (Prycr). Ilemy Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



48. Merula chrysolaus. 

 Turdus clnysolnus, Temm. PI. C"L ii. pi. .537 ('\S:M);*Temm. et 

 ScJdeg. Fmin. JajHin., Ave^, p. ti4, pi. xxviii. (1847) ; Bp. C<msp. 

 i. p. 273 ( 1850) ; Licht. Xomend. Ai\ p. io (1854) ; StrinJute, Ibis, 

 18t:0, p. 5(>; Sc/irericlx, Beis. u. Forse/t. Amur. i. p. 352 (18t;0); 

 Scluter, Ibis, 18G3, p. 197; Swinhoe, Ibis, 18L'3, p. 276; id. 



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