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been found in various parts of the Himalayas, Nepal, and Bootan ; 

 but I did not procure it at Darjeeling, and it is probably found 

 more in the interior of the hills. It is chiefly a bird of Siberia 

 and Northern Asia, migrating to the south in winter. They are 

 said by Pallas to live in forests, to associate in flocks, except when 

 breeding, and to have a fine sonor. 



365. Planesticus atrogularis, Temm. 



Turdus apud Temminck— Blyth, Cat. 939— Horsf., Cat. 272 



— Gould, Birds of Europe, pi. 75— T. dubius, Bechstkin. 



Mach-reycha, Beng. (hence ' Richell Thrush' of Latham.) 



The Black-throated Thrush. 



Descr. — Above, pale cinereous-brown ; wings and tail darker 

 brown ; tail occasionally tinged with rufous ; beneath, the throat 

 albescent-brownish, with some undefined dark markinffs, the 

 centre of each feather being dark, and lower down these coalesce 

 and form a broad dark brown, or blackish, ^sectoral gorget ; the 

 rest, beneath, pale cinereous-white, a few of the feathers next the 

 breast centred or barred with dusky ; under wing-coverts rusty ; 

 lower tail-coverts indistinctly barred with brown and rusty. 



The female wants the pectoral gorget, but has the breast buiF, 

 mixed with dusky, and some brown strise on the sides of the 

 throat and breast ; the abdomen, too, is whiter than in the male, 

 and the lower tail-coverts are buffy-white^ 



Bill 3'ellow, dusky at the tip ; orbits yellow ; legs horny -yellow- 

 brown ; irides dark brown. Length 10^ inches ; extent 17 ; wino- 

 5f ; tail 4f ; bill at front f . 



This Thrush is found throughout the Himalayas, inhabiting the 

 higher ranges in the interior, in summer, but descending to tlie 

 lower ranges in winter ; and it is even occasionally found in the 

 plains of Lower Bengal. Mr. Blyth records its having been shot 

 at Barrackpore, near Calcutta. I found it not uncommon near 

 Darjeeling in winter. It keeps to the more open woods, at a level 

 from 3,000 to 8,000 feet, and is occasionally seen on roads and 

 pathways. It feeds both on insects and berries. Gray gives this 

 species as the type of Ckhloides, Kaup. 



