TURDID.A—THRUSHES. 5 
nape, all the feathers broadly margined with greyish-brown or 
paler brown; feathers of rump bordered with rufous; wings 
dark brown; primaries narrowly margined with buff; secon- 
daries and greater wing-coverts broadly margined with bright 
chestnut-red ; axillaries fox-red ; broad  superciliary stripe 
whitish ; sides of face dusky ; chin and throat buffy-white, 
bordered on either side by small, black spots; rest of under- 
parts whiter; centres of breast and flank-feathers blackish ; 
under tail-coverts brown, with rufous tinge; under-surface of 
tail brown; bill blackish-brown, paler at base; legs and feet 
brown ; irides dark brown. Length 8°75 to 9 inches ; culmen 
0°75; wing 5; tarsus 1°25. 
Adult Female: Similar, but duller and paler. 
Young: Above, paler and browner than adult ; tail dark 
brown above and beneath, showing no rufous; under parts 
white, slightly tinged with buff on breast ; the latter with throat 
and flanks broadly spotted with blackish. 
Distribution : Very rare autumn straggler from Central Asia. 
Habitat: Very similar to that of Z: prlarvs. 
BLACK-THROATED THRUSH. 
Turdus atrigularis Zemm. 
Adult Male; Above, greyish-brown, crown feathers with 
darker centres; wings and tail browner, with pale margins to 
most of the feathers ; wing-coverts and outer webs of some of 
secondaries greyish-brown ; occular region, chin, throat, sides 
of neck and chest black, some of the feathers having pale 
margins; rest of underparts white, washed on flanks with 
greyish-brown, and marked on under tail-coverts with reddish- 
brown ; axillaries rufous ; bill black, yellowish at base: irides 
dark brown; legs and feet light brown. Length 9°5 inches ; 
culmen 0°75 ; wing 5°4; tail 4°4; tarsus 1°35. 
Adult Female: Above, very similar to male; beneath, 
white, copiously streaked on throat and chest with lines of 
black spots ; rest of underparts as in male. 
Young in first plumage: Feathers of back show 
ochreous centres and blackish tips; wing-coverts and some of 
secondaries ochreous tipped ; throat, breast, and flanks spotted 
with blackish ; superciliary stripe buff. 
