ZOOTHERA. — TURDUS. 115 



Genus ZOOTHERA, Vig. 



Zoothera marginata, Blyth. 



(Plate VI. fig. 14.) 



Geocichla marginata, Seebohn, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 162 (1881 ) ; id. 



Mon. Turdidce, i. p. 79 (1898) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 35 



(1899). 

 Zoothera marginata, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 157 (1890) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests $■ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 109 (1890) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 138 (1903). 



The egg of the Lesser Brown Thrush in the Collection is a broad 

 pointed oval in shape, and has a considerable amount of gloss. It 

 is of a very pale bluish-white colour, marked chiefly at the smaller 

 end, where the markings are dense and form a large cap, with 

 spots, freckles, and small blotches of chestnut-brown and underlying 

 purple. The egg measures L04 by "79. 



1. Native Sikhim, 29th July Hume Coll. 



(L. Mandelli). 



Genus TURDUS, Linn. 



Turdus viscivorus, Linn. 



Turdus viscivorus, Thien. Fortpjtanz. qes. Vog. tab. xxiv. fig. 11, a-c 

 (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 4. fig. 1, tab. 75. fig. 1 

 (1856-63) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 79, pi. xxiii. fig. 1 

 (1856); Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 3 (1871); Saunders, Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 209; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 194 (1881); id. Brit. 

 Birds, i. p. 207, pi. 8 (1883); Oates, ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. 

 Birds, ii. p. 106 (1890); Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. J 77, 

 pi. 50. figs. 4, 6 (1896) ; Shaiye in Seebohm's Mon. Turdidce, i. 

 p. 139 (1898) ; id. Hand-l. iv. p. 138 (1903). 



In the variations of form, the eggs of the Mistle-Thrush closely 

 follow those of the Song-Thrush (vide infra, p. 127), but they are 

 not so glossy, and their coloration is extremely different. 



The ground-colour varies from pale bluish grey to pinkish brown, 

 and the markings, which are pretty evenly distributed over the shell, 

 consist of spots, small blotches, and clouds of various shades of rich 

 purplish brown, not infrequently forming an irregular cap at tho 

 larger, and occasionally at the smaller, end. The underlying 

 markings are prominent, and are of a pale purplish or lilac colour. 



In some specimens the markings are bold, in others they are 

 small througbout. 



The eggs measure from 1*03 to 1*3 in length, and from *8 to 

 •92 in breadth. 



4. Ross-shire. Dr. R. Bowdler Sliarpe [P.]. 



4. Ross-shire. Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 



4. Mossford, Loch Luichart ( W. Mc- Seebohm Coll. 

 Rae : Hare/itt Coll.). 



3. Mossford ( W.McR. : Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Invermorriston, Inverness, 22ud May Seebohm Coll. 



(Hargitt Coll.). 



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