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A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



fine. Average of 80 eggs, 27.8x20.6 mm. Breeding-season. — ■ 

 From May 10 to mid-June on the Amur. Incubation. — No details. 



Food. — Worms, insects, seeds and berries, but details lacking. 



Distribution. — England. — One near Gunthorpe (Notts.), Oct. 13, 

 1905 {ut supra). A " party " (six obtained) in neighbourhood 

 of HoUington and Crowhurst (Sussex), Jan. 25 to March 3, 1915 

 (H. W. Ford -Lindsay, Brit. B., viii, p. 267). 



Distribution.^ — Abroad. — Siberia, wintering in China, north-west 

 India to Assam. Occasionally in Europe : Italy, south France, 

 Russia, probably Germany, Heligoland (once), Belgium, Holland, 

 Denmark, Norway. 



TURDUS RUFICOLLIS 



171. Turdus ruficollis atrogularis Temm. — THE BLACK- 

 THROATED THRUSH. 



Turdus atrogularis Temminck, Man. d'Orn., i, p. 169 (1820 — Austria 



and Silesia). 



Turdus atrigularis Temminck, Yarrell, i, p. 276 ; Saunders, p 9. 



Tbe Black-tli routed Thrush (Turdus r. atrogularis). First winter male. 



Description. — Adult male. Winter. — Whole crown and nape 

 greyish-broAMi (sometimes olive-brown) feathers with blackish 

 centres, in some individuals showing very little, but in others well 

 marked and extending sometimes to upper mantle ; rest of uj)per- 

 parts uniform grey-bro-wai (sometimes olive-brown) ; ear-coverts as 

 mantle ; lores, narroAV line over eyes, cheeks, Avhole chin, throat and 



