JJ76 On Dr. Jerclon's 'Birds of India.^ 



cage-bird in the towns of the Punjab ; said to be imported from 

 Afghanistan. Not a native of the Western Himalayas; as far 

 westward as Peshawur, but probably found in the Hindoo Coosh 

 Chain'' (P. Z. S. 1858, p. 490; vide also J. A. S. B. xvi. 780). 

 Col. Tytler, in his " Fauna of Barrackpoore," remarks that " the 

 Turdus atroyularis and Merula boulbuul sometimes make their 

 appearance, but this is very rarely the case; I only saw one of 

 each species" (Ann. Mag. N. H. 1854, xiii. 370). Not long 

 ago I repeatedly heard a wild English Blackbird give the exact 

 song-note of M. houlboul, at least of one which I long kept in a 

 cage ; but I have heard no other English Blackbird do so. The 

 song of the Himalayan Blackbird is equally mellow, but much 

 less deep in tone. M. castanea occurs in Afghanistan. The 

 Turdus javanicus, Horsfield {T. fumidus, A. Miiller), might range 

 either in Merula or Geocichla ; it is uniform brownish-slaty, with 

 rufous belly. 



364. Planesticus ruficollis (Pallas) ; Radde, Reisen &c. 

 ii. taf. viii. 



Occurs in Afghanistan. 



365. Planesticus atrogularis (Temm.); Merula leuco- 

 gaster, nobis (olim), founded on a drawing of a very dark speci- 

 men of an old male. 



366. Planesticus fuscatus. 



Herr Radde figures what he considers to be a hybrid between 

 this species and P. ruficollis (Reisen &c. ii. taf. vii. a) {vide 

 N. H. Review, 1865, p. 464). 



372. Oreocincla nilgiriensis, Blyth; Zoothera imbricata, 

 Layard, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1854, xiii. p. 212. 



Identified from the specimen in the British Museum described 

 by Mr. E. L. Layard. Thus both this species and Turdulus 

 wardi have been described as belonging to the genus Zoothera, 

 which genus I regard as merely a further developed Oreocincla, 

 rather than as appertaining to the oriental division of the 

 Myiotherine series. 



[To be continued.] 



