PYCTORHIS. 131 



Merula unicolor, Tick. J. A. 8. B. ii. p. 577; Gould. P. Z. S. 

 1837, p. 186 ; Gray, Gen, B. i. p. 220. Geocicbla unicolor (Tic /.-.) Blyth, 

 Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 163; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 519, No. 356; 

 Murray, HdhJc, Zool., i^-c, Sind, p. 140. 



Above uniform dusky, slaty, or asliy grey; wings and tail dusky 

 brown, their external webs margined with ashy grey ; breast, throat 

 and flanks pale slate grey; chin pale grey, nearly white; abdomen, 

 vent and under tail-coverts white; under wing-coverts buff; legs and 

 feet pale brown ; bill dusky yellow; eyelids and gape yellow; irides 

 brown. 



Length. — 9 inches, wings 4-5 to 4' 75, tail 3*45, bill 0"95. 



Female. — Upper parts olive brown ; ashy grey on the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts; throat and breast paler than in the male, nearly 

 white; the feathers of the throat with some spots. 



Hah. — Central, Southern and Western India. Common in the Punjab, 

 N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Central India, Deccan, Rajputana and Nepaul. 

 Breeds in the Himalayas, and migrates to the plains in winter, lu 

 Sind it is rare and is found in the northern portions only. 



Merula atrigularis, Tern. Man. d' Orn. i. p. 169; Gould. B. Eur. 

 ii. p. 75; Blytlt, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc p. 161; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B.M. 

 vol. v. p. 268. Turdus atrigularis {Tern.) Blf. East. Pers. ii. p. 158 ; 

 Seehohm, Ibis. 1879, p. 6. Planesticus atrigularis (Tern.) Bp. Cat. 

 Parzud ; Jerd. B. Lid. i. p. 529, No. 365; Hume and Henders, Lahore to 

 Y aril and, ^.192', Murray, Hdhlc, ZooL^ Sfc, Sind, p. 140. Turdus 

 mystacinus, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. 64, 115, 119. — The Black- 

 throated Thrush. 



Above pale cinereous brown; the feathers of the head, wings and tail 

 darker brown; a black streak from the base of bill to the eyes not 

 very distinct; ear-coverts dark brown, tipped paler; chin, throat, breast 

 and lores black ; abdomen, vent and under tail-coverts white, the latter 

 with a few brown dashes ; axillaries darkish grey ; under wiug-coverta 

 buffy. 



The female wants the pectoral gorget; the chin and throat is 

 white ; the sides and breast grey brown, with conspicuous dark centres; 

 bill yellow, the tip dusky ; orbits yellow ; legs horny brown ; irides 

 dark brown. 



Length. — 10*5 inches, wing 5'75, tail 4-75, bill at front 0-91. 



Hah. — Beloochistan, Persia, Afghanistan, Western Turkistan, the 

 Himalayas, Nepaul, Punjab, N. W. Provinces and Sind during winter. 

 Breeds in Siberia and Turkistan. 



Sub-Family, TIMALIN^,— Babbling Thrushes. 



Legs and feet stout and large ; bill moderate, keel curved ; nostrils 

 exposed ; wings short and rounded ; tail graduated; tarsi long, scutate. 



Gen. Pyctorhis. — Hodgs. 



Bill rather short, strong and deep; rictus bristled; orbits nude; 

 4th and 5th quills longest. 



