444 Mr. R. Swinhoe's Ornithological Notes made at Chefoo. 



pointed feathers. Bill -9, to gape 1-15; blackish yellow 

 inside of mouth. Legs and toes brownish-yellow, browner 

 on the scutes and claws. Iris blackish-brown." 



Mr. Campbell; of the Lighthouse, sent me a female on the 

 3rd of June : — 



" $. Length 8-6. Wing 4*5; first quill -78; second '2 

 shorter than the third, which is the longest, 1*85 shorter 

 than the tail-tip, 1-5 longer than the tertiaries. Tail 3*4 

 long; outer rectrix "35 shorter than the central, all mucro- 

 nate. Tarse 1"05 ; middle toe and claw 1*2 ; ochreous yellow 

 throughout. Bill "87, from gape I'OS; upper mandible and 

 apical half of lower blackish brown ; basal half of lower and 

 inside of mouth yellowish. Plumage olive- green above, 

 spotted Avith same below." 



36. Gold-sided Grey Thrush. Turdus chrysopleurus, 

 sp. nov. (Plate XIV.) 



On the 15th May Mr. Campbell sent me, among other 

 birds, a new Thrush which he had just shot on Lighthouse 

 Island. It was a good deal battered ; was a male on dissec- 

 tion, v.ith enormous testes. 



Total length about 9 inches. Wing 4*7; first quill -35 

 shorter than the second, which, with the third, is the longest 

 in the wing; fourth '1 shorter; wing-tip 2*15 short of tail- 

 tip. Tail 3*4; under tail-coverts 1*2 short of its tip. Bill 

 from forehead '82, from gape 1'05. Tarse 1'23; middle toe 

 '9, its claw "28. Bill, inside of mouth, and skin round eye 

 orange-yellow. Legs and toes the same. 



This is the only specimen that turned up at Chefoo ; and 

 I was disposed to think that it was a straggler from Corea ; 

 but I have seen a very tolerable drawing of it among some 

 sketches of native birds ; so it may be commoner in other 

 parts of this Province. It is called in the sketch " Hwuy-ke" 

 (M.D. 4523, 5315) or Ashy Fowl. The nearest ally among 

 the Indian Thrushes to this species that I have seen is one 

 shown me by Lord Walden, Geocichla tricolor, Hume, which 

 differs from ours in having the upper parts black instead of 

 grey. Tlie female of G. tricolor resembles closely the female 

 of Turdus dissimilis, Blyth. 



