276 TTJEDIDJ!. 



P. Z. S. 1S63, p. 280 ; Grar/, Hmul-l. B. i. p. 2ofi. no. 3724 (1869) ; 



Swinh. Ibis. 1870, p. 248; ul. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 307; David et 



OiiKf. Ois. Chine, p. 152 (1877) ; Blakiston ^ Pyer, Ibis, 1878, 



p. 241. 

 Tiudu.'i chrycolaus, Temm. PL Col. ii. text to pi. 537 (1831). 

 Tuidii.? cliry.«olotus, Temm.,Jide Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 219 (1847). 



In the adult male the general colonr of the upper parts is russet- 

 brown, tinged with grey on the head ; lores very dark brown ; 

 ear-coverts brown ; scarcelj' a trace of eye-stripe ; wings brown, the 

 primaries, primary-coverts, and bastard wing-feathers with the 

 outer webs slaty brown ; the secondaries, greater, median, and 

 lesser wing-coverts with the outer webs russet-brown ; tail brown, 

 the outer webs of each feather margined with olive-Vnown ; inner 

 web of the outside tail-feathers narrowly margined with white. 

 Throat and cheeks sootj' brown, shading into chestnut-brown on 

 the breast, and into deep rich chestniit on the flanks, lea\'ing the 

 bellj' white ; under tail-coverts white, Avith the basal half edged 

 with brown ; axillarics and under wing-coverts edged with pale 

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

 slaty brown. Bill dark brown, yellow at the base of the under 

 mandible. Wings with the third and fourth primaries nearlj' equal 

 and longest, second primarj- between the fourth and fifth, or fifth 

 and sixth, bastard primary 0"7 to 0"65 inch. Legs, feet, and claws 

 pale brown. Length of wing 5'0 to 4*6 inches, tail 3-6 to 3"1, cul- 

 men 0-89 to 0*75, tarsus 1-3 to 1-15. 



The female has no grey on the head or wings : the iipper throat 

 is nearly white, and the feathers of the cheeks and the centre of 

 the throat are white, with dark brown fan-shaped terminal spots. 

 Males of the year resemble females. Young in Jirst jplumage are 

 unknown. 



The Brown Japanese Ouzel appears to be confined to Japan during 

 the breeding-season, frequenting both islands. In autumn it occa- 

 sionally strays to tlie valley of the Amoor, and winters in South 

 China, Hainan, and Formosa, occasional!}- straying as far south as 

 Luzon in the Philippines. 



a. S ad. sk. Amoy, April 10, 18-58. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



b. 2 imm. sk. Forniosa, April 1803 F. Godman and O. Sal- 



{P. Sti-inhoe). vin, Ei-qrs. [P.]. 



c. (S inini. sk. Yokohama, Japan. H. Prj-er, Esq. [P.]. 



d. S imm. sk. Yokohama. Feb. 20, 1870 R. B. Shai-pc, Esq. [P.]. 



(Capt. Conrad). 



e. d ad. sk. Hakodadi. Mr. H. Whitelj [C.]. 

 /. 2 ad. sk. Japan. C. Maries, Esq. [C.]. 

 y. Imni. st. Japan. Purchased. 



49. Merula xanthopus *. 

 Turdijs xanthopus, Furi<fer. MS. Draivinys (in the Brit. 3Ius.) of 



* The following supposed species may be a near ally of tliis bird: — ■ 



MeKVLA ULIETENSIS. (Plate XVI.) 



Bay Thrush, Lath. Geii. Syn. ii. p. 35 (1783). 



