138 Dr. T. C. Jerdon's Supplementary Notes. 



11 inches in length, 18 in extent, wing 6, tail 5^, tarsus 1|, 

 bill from front f . 



At the time, 1 considered it to be a young Merula vulgaris ; 

 and I saw in Ladak many presumed to be the same. My spe- 

 cimen is now in Lord Walden's collection. 



Mr. Adams says that M. vulcjaris is a common cage-bird in 

 the Punjab, brought probably from Afghanistan. 



362. Merula albocincta and (363) M. castanea. Figured 

 by Gould, B. Asia, pt. xi. pis. 10 and 11. 



It appears from specimens recently collected, of which Col. 

 Tytler has a large series, that these supposed two species must 

 really merge into one. Under what circumstances of age or 

 season this change takes place must be determined by future 

 observers. Blyth states it as his opinion that " they must be 

 looked at rather as parallel phases than as indicative of age." 

 This bird is much more common in the N.W. Himalayas than in 

 Sikkim, and it extends to Kashmir. 



Merula alhiceps, Swinhoe, from Formosa, is a somewhat allied 

 species. 



364. Planesticus ruficollis. 



The reference to Gould, B. Asia, should be pt. iv. pi. 16. 

 Speke observed large flocks of this Thrush in Lahoul, in May 

 and June, close to the snows, where there were no trees near. 



365. Planesticus atrogularis. 



This is still considered by some to be the same species as the 

 last, some individuals having the tail more or less rufous. 



Merula leucogaster, alluded to p. 527, from Munnipore, Blyth 

 now looks on as an old highly coloured Turdus atrogularis. 



This Thrush is very abundant in the cold weather in the N.W. 

 Provinces. It has recently been killed in England. 



366. Planesticus fuscatus. Figured by Gould B. Asia, 

 pt. iv. pi. 15. 



368. Turdus hodgsoni. 



On looking over a series of specimens of Missel-Thrushes, 

 Himalayan and English, with Canon Tristram last September, 

 1 fully recognized their perfect identity ; and Sharpe and Dresser 



