THE KASTURA 



Two more Thrushes are favo^^rifce cage- 

 birds for then* song and beauty. They are 

 to some extent alike in appearance and 

 habits. They are also both dwellers 

 of the same localities — the Himalayas, 

 Their notes are the sweetest bird-music 

 that will reach the ears of a visitor to 

 the Himalayan hill-resorts. They are both 

 livelier and more vivacious than the Dama 

 (Geocichla citrlna). Both grow very tame in 

 captivity. To the Indian, both these birds 

 are known by the same name — Kastura. 

 The scientist would class them stages apart, 

 calling the one Mywphoneus femminchii 

 (the Himalayan Whistling Thrush) and 

 the other Merida boulboiil (the Grey-win- 

 ged Ouzel). Those who follow Gates may 

 not like to accept the former as a Thrush ; 

 but a Thrush it is, and, as its common 

 English name implies, the ornithological 



