THE BLACK-THROATED OUZEL. 249 
MERULA ATRIGULARIS. 
THE BLACK-THROATED OUZEL. 
Turdus atrogularis, Temm. Man. d’ Orn. i. p. 169 (1820); et auctorum plurimorum 
—Meyer, Gould, Gray, Blyth, Bonaparte, Newton, Harting, Dresser, &c. 
Turdus bechsteinii, Nawm. Vog. Deutschl. ii. p. 310 (1822). 
Cichloides bechsteinii (Waum.), Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 153 (1829). 
Sylvia atrogularis (Temm.), Savi, Orn. Tose. iii. p. 203 (1831). 
Merula atrogularis (Temm.), Bonap. Comp. List B. Eur. § N. Amer. p. 17 (1838). 
Turdus atrigularis (Temm.), Keys. u. Blas. Wirb. Eur. pp. li, 177 (1840). 
Turdus varicollis, Hodgys. MS. Drawings (in the Brit. Mus.) of B. of Nepal, Passeres, 
pl. 148, nos. 198, 199, & pl. 149, nos. 198, 199 (icon. ined.). 
Merula leucogaster, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xvi. p. 149 (1847). 
Planesticus atrogularis (Temm.), Bonap. Cat. Parzud. p. 5 (1854). 
-Cichloides atrigularis (Temm.), Tytler, Ibis, 1869, p. 124. 
Turdus mystacinus, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. 64, 118, 119 (1873). 
The occurrence of this Ouzel in England, so far from its true home, 
together with the fact that its eggs are here described for the first time, 
renders it a species of considerable interest, not only to British ornitho- 
logists, but to all European naturalists who take an interest in the regular 
migration or nomad wanderings of birds. Its only claim to rank as a 
British species rests on a a single example taken in the south of England 
during the winter of 1868. Its occurrence was recorded by Mr. T. J. 
Monk, into whose possession it came, in the ‘ Zoologist’ for February 
1869, p. 1560, thus:—‘“ On Wednesday, 23rd of December, -a fine 
example of the Black-throated Thrush was shot near Lewes. The bird, 
which proved on dissection to be a male, was in excellent condition, 
and, having been carefully handled, was in fine order for preservation, 
and in this respect has received ample justice from the hands of Mr. Sways- 
land of Brighton, where it may be seen.” Mr. G. D. Rowley also brought 
the circumstances before the Zoological Society of London, where the 
bird was exhibited. He said (P. Z. S. 1869, p. 4) :—“The specimen of 
Turdus atrogularis was shot near Lewes, Sussex, on December 23rd, 1868. 
It is a young male, as shown by its plumage; dissection also confirmed 
the fact. I saw the bird in the flesh, and took particular care to ascertain 
its history, because it belongs to the fauna of Central Asia, and is only an 
accidental visitor to Europe. To find such a species on the south coast of 
England appears to me a matter of considerable interest. It is now in 
the collection of T. J. Monk, Esq., of Mountfield House, near Lewes, 
who purchased it for a trifle of a working man.” The late Mr. Gould also 
recorded its capture in the ‘ Ibis’ for 1869, p. 128. 
The Black-throated Ouzel is only known as an occasional straggler into 
Europe, where it has been obtained in Russia, Germany, Denmark, Bel- 
gium, France, and Italy. Like White’s Ground-Thrush and the Siberian 
