530 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



366. Planesticus fuscatus, Pall. 



Turdus, apud Pall a s — T. Naumaniii, Schlegel — T. eunomus, 

 Temm., PL Col., 514— Blyth, Cat. 938— T, Playfairi, Blyth. 



The Dusky Thrush. 



Descr. — Male, with the head dusky dark brown, and a white 

 supercilium ; ear-coverts dark brown ; the rest of the plumage 

 above rufescent-brown, with the wings and tail dusky ; beneath, 

 and the sides of the neck, white, with a brown streak on the sides 

 of the neck, and numerous wide brown spots on the breast and the 

 sides of the abdomen. 



The female is ruddy-brown above ; the crown and ear-coverts 

 dusky ; a whitish eye-streak ; throat, and tlie middle of the belly, 

 white, the sides of the throat with dusky lines ; breast and flanks 

 brown, with pale margins to the feathers ; axillaries ferruginous. 



Length 8^ inches; wing 5; tail 2^ ; bill at front -^ ; tarsus 1^. 



The Dusky Thrush appears to inhabit Northern and Central 

 Asia, extending into China and Japan; and is a very rare winter 

 visitant to the N. W. Himalayas. It is considered by some to 

 be the same as T. dnhius, Naumann, (figd. in Gould, Birds of 

 Europe, pi. 79), but Prince Bonaparte denies this. 



367. Planesticus pilaris, Lin. 



Turdus apud Linnaeus — Gould, Birds of Europe, pi. 76 — 

 Blyth, Cat. 941— Horsf., Cat. 270. 



The Fieldfare. 



Descr. — Head, back of neck, rump, and upper tail-coverts, grey ; 

 mantle dull chesnut-brown ; wings and tail dusky-hrown ; chin, 

 throat, and breast, tinged ferruginous, with longitudinal streaks of 

 dark brown, passing on the sides of the breast and body into 

 transverse and cordate spots and blotches ; abdomen and vent white, 

 with a few brown markings, chiefly on the flanks. 



Bill yellow, with a dusky tip ; legs pale brownish ; irides brown. 

 Length 1 1 inches ; wing 6 ; tail 4 ; bill at front | ; tarsus 1^. 



The Fieldfare of Europe has been recently found, though once 

 only, at Simla, in the N. W. Himalayas. Adams records that it is 



