to ' The Birds of India: 135 



Blyth had one in a cage for some time, and remarks that its 

 song is plaintive, mellow, and Robin-like, but little varied. I 

 have frequently seen it caged in the North-west Provinces, 

 where it was called Tinrang ka Kastura, or the Three-coloured 

 Thrush. 



356. Geocichla unicolor. 



Figured by Gould, B. of Asia, pt. x. pi. 16 {the male only). 



One I measured in Kashmir had the wing 5 inches, extent 15|. 

 This is the Blackbird of Kashmir, being very common in the 

 valley in summer, and very generally caged there under the name 

 of Kastura. Stoliczka states that he found it common in 

 Chamba (where I also found it), in Kishtevar, and also in Little 

 Thibet. I accept Mr. Brooks's opinion of its position, and would 

 now remove it to Mend a. 



Its nest is stated to be placed on a tree, or occasionally on 

 the side of a rock, and to be formed of moss, lined with grass ; 

 the eggs, four in number, to be greenish-white, blotched and 

 spotted with reddish-brown, 



357. TURDULUS WARDI. 



This species breeds on the hills in June and July, the nest, 

 according to Hutton, being made of moss, fibres, &c., placed in 

 a rather tall tree, and the eggs closely resembling those of 

 Turdus unicolor. 



358. TuRDULUS CARDIS. 



The Thrush noticed under the above name in ' The Birds of 

 India ' will, I hope, in future be saved the painful addition of 

 more synonyms ; for it has, since first brought under the notice 

 of naturalists by Blyth, been referred at different times to 

 three previously named species, and has received two names 

 de novo. I shall now give the history of this confusion. 

 Mr. Blyth was the first to describe this bird, which he did 

 as an old male of Turdus unicolor. He afterwards corrected 

 this error, and named it Geocichla dissimilis. I was just 

 going to press with the portion of my 'Birds of India' referriug 

 to this bird, and had placed it as Geocichla dissimilis, when I 

 received ' The Ibis ' for January 1862, in which, at page 92, 

 Blyth writes as follows : — " A bird sent me by Swinhoe as 



