/ . MONTICOLA. 3J5 



with the second and third primaries nearly equal and lono-est bastard 

 primary 0-4 to 0-3 inch. Legs, feet, and daws black. ° Length of 

 wmg 4-8 to 4-7 inches, tail 2-5 to 2-4, culmen 0-94 to 0-86, tardus 1- 1 

 to 1"05. 



The female has the upper parts an almost uniform brown 

 each feather having an obscure dark shaft-line and a transverse 

 tip; the upper tail-coverts and the tail are chestnut, the former 

 with obscure, subterminal, transverse bars, and the latter having 

 the two centre feathers brown. The undcrparts, including the lorel 

 and the oar-coverts, are pale chestnut-brown, shading into pale 

 whitish grey on the throat, each feather having a narrow subter- 

 minal dark-brown band ; axiUaries, under wing-coverts, and under 

 tail-coverts pale chestnut. After the autumn moult the male has 

 the ieathers of the upper parts with chestnut tips and dark-brown 

 subtermiual bars, which almost conceal tho white on the back • the 

 wing-coverts and quiUs have conspicuous white tips, and the whole 

 of the feathers of the underparts have nearly white maro-ins After 

 the autumn moult the female also has conspicuous pale" tips to 'the 

 feathers of the back and to the wing-coverts and quills Birds of 

 the year much resemble the female ; but the ground-colour of tho 

 upper parts of the young male is much bluer, and of the underparts 

 much more chestnut. Younrj in first plumage resemble birds of the 

 year, with the spots somewhat exaggerated. 



The Ex)ck-.Thrush breeds in Southern Europe and eastwards 

 lT?\, '''T'''' Tin-kestan, and South Siberia, as far east as lake 

 IJaikal, South-east Mongolia, and NoitJi China. It passes throuo-h 

 J^orth Africa on migration, and winters in Senegambia and ib\"s- 

 sinia. Eastwards its winter range extends to tho borders of India 

 and into North Burma. 



a,b. (S 2 ad. st. Em-ope. ' 



c dad.sk. Fntnee. Purchased. 



d. S ad. sk. Hungary. F. Godman and 0. Salviu, 



e,f 6 ? ad. sk. Kalamata, Greece. Consid Merlin VP 1 



g, h c? 9 ad. sk. Abyssinia. Purchased. 



?. cS acl. sk. Koomajlee, March 24 R. B. Sharpe Esa 



1868 (Jesse). ^ ^' 



k. S ad. sk. ^^If^p Tigre, April W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



/. ? imm. sk. Malemba, in Kakongo, Dr. .1. M. Hildebrandt [C 1 



reb. 28, 187/. '- -' 



m. cJ ad. sk. Bissao, Senegambia. R B Sharne F^n 



«. dad.sk. EiaidPass,X.ofShiraz, Colonel St. ^Johnfp 1 



Persia. •- ■-■■ 



0. 6 juv. sk. Pas.s to Anan, Ell.urz W. T. Blanford, Esq fC 1 



MoHutams,80()0feet, ^ '- -'■ 



August 14, 1872. 

 p. S ad. sk. Manrak Geb, near Sais- Dr. 0. Finsch fC 1 



san, June ifi, 1876. " ■" ' 



q. $ad. sk. Lepsa, Turkestan, May Dr. 0. Finsch [C.]. 



r. Imm. sk. Gilgit, Cashmere, Sept. D. 3 Scullv TP 1 



10, 1879. ■ ^ L^"-'' 



