306j TUKDIDiE. 



Lusciola (Calliope) kamtscliatkensis {Gtrtel.), Ritdde, lieis. Sibir. Viig. 



p. 218 (18C8). 

 Cvauecula camtscliatkensis (Gnwl.), Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 224. 



'no. 3202 (18(.9). 

 Lusciola (Melodes) calliope (Pall.), Fritsch, Vor/. Eur. p. 184 



(1870). 

 Calliope kamtschatkensis (Ginel], Godw.-Anst. J. A. S. Beng. sxxix. 



pt. 2, p. 270 (1870) ; Tacz. Bidl. Sue. Zool France, p. 143 (1876) ; 



Prjev. Buiclci/s Oni. Misc. ii. p. 180 (1877) ; Hiwie ^- Davison, 



Stray Feath. vi. p. 337 (1878). 



Adult male. General colour of the upper parts a uuiform olive- 

 brown, slightly darkest on the head and ear-coverts ; lores black ; 

 eye-stripes white, meeting in a narrow line over the forehead, and 

 not extending beyond the eye ; cheeks white, separated by a narrow 

 dark -brown moustachial line from the cliiu and throat, which are 

 brilliant glossy scarlet ; breast ash-grey, shading into nearly white . 

 on the centre of the belly, and into browji on the Hanks and thighs ; 

 under tail-coverts, axillarics, and under wing-coverts very pale buff, 

 liill black. Wings with the third, fourth, and fifth primaries nearly 

 equal and longest, second primary equal to the sixth or seventh, 

 bastard primary 0'9.5 to 0-9 inch. Legs, feet, and claws brown. 

 Length of wing 3-15 to 2-85 inches, tail 2-4 to 2-2.5, culmen 0-65, 

 tarsus 1-2 to 1-0. 



The female differs from the male in having the white eye-stripe 

 and cheeks pale brown, the black lores and moustachial line brown, 

 the carmine chin and throat pale brown, and the ash-grey breast 

 brown. Birch of the year have the brown of both the upper and 

 under parts more ochraceous, and the male resembles the female, ex- 

 cept in having traces of red on the throat. Young in first plumage 

 appear to be unknown. 



The Siberian lluby-throated Eobin breeds throughout Siberia as 

 far north as the Arctic Circle, extending southwards as far as the 

 extreme north of China, It winters in the Philiijpine Islands, South 

 China, Burmah, and in Northern and Central India, occasionally 

 straying into Europe. 



a. (5 ad. sk. China. J. R. Reeves, Esq. [P.]. 



b,c.S2 a<i- sli. Pekin. J. PI. Gumey, E.-q. [P.]. 



d, e. cf ad. st. Calcutta (As.Soc). India Museum. 



f, ff. 2d ad. sk. Calcutta (As.Soc). India Museum. 



'Ji, i. d ad. ; k. $ ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



/. (5 ad. sk. Nepal {Hod(/!>on). India Museum. 



m. cJad.sk. Assam (i)/'C7t7- India Museum. 



land), 



n, o. (S ad.; ^j. $ ad. sk. Philippine Islands. Hugh Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



13. Erithacus pectoralis. 



Calliope pectoralis, Goidd, Icvnes Acium, pt. ii. pi. 1 (1837) ; Bhjth, 

 J. A. A'. Beng. xii. p. 9.34 (1843) ; Gray, Cat. Ma7)i?n. 6fC. Nepal 

 Coll. Tlodqs. p. 69 (1846) ; Blyth. J. A. S. Bern/, xvi. p. 13o (1847 ) ; 

 id. Cat. B. Mks. As. Soc. p. 169 (1849); 'Bp. Consp. i. p. 20.5 

 (18o0) ; Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 492; Horsf. Ii,- Moore, Cut. B. 

 Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 313 (1854); Adavis, P. Z. S. 1859, p. ISO; 



