532 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



This bird, which so closely resembles the Missel Thrushof Europe, 

 has been separated on account of its larger size ; the bill is longer ; 

 the colour less rufous above, and less tinged with ferruginous 

 beneath, and the throat andbreast are also less streaked. It has only 

 been taken in the N. W. Himalayas. Specimens from Mussooree 

 and Kumaon are in our Museums. I did not procure it in 

 Sikhim. 



369. Turdus iliacus, Linnaeus. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pi. 78— Blyth, Cat. 937. 



The Redwing Thrush. 



Descr. — Above pale brown, with a whitish eyestreak, and the 

 edges of the wing-coverts and quills tipped pale ; beneath white, 

 tinged with ferruginous in parts, and with a dark brown neck-stripe, 

 and streaks of brown on the chin, throat, breast, and sides of 

 abdomen ; the sides of the neck, below the nape, pale ferrugin- 

 ous ; a patch of bright rufous beneath each wing, and on the 

 flanks. 



Bill dusky ; legs yellow-brown ; irides brown. Length 8^ to 9 

 inches; wing 4| ; tail 2>^ ; bill at front f ; tarsus 1|-. 



The Redwing has been lately found in the N. W. Himalayas, 

 but very rarely. But in Kohat, as I am assured by Mr. Blyth, 

 according to a very good observer, the late Lieut. Trotter, it is a 

 regular winter visitant in large flocks. Bonaparte states that the 

 oriental bird differs slightly from the European one, but he has not 

 bestowed upon it a separate specific name. 



There are no other true Thrushes, spotted beneath, recorded 

 from the East ; but there are one or two from Africa. 



Gen. Oreocincla, Gould. 



CAar.— Bill usually lengthened, strong, moderately hooked at 

 the tip and notched ; wing long, 3rd and 4th quills longest ; tail 

 in some species with fourteen feathers, in others with twelve ; toes 

 long ; plumage soft and silky, usually mottled above and spotted 

 beneath. 



