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not meet with it at any other place. The nest is generally placed in 
the fork of a small tree overhanging a stream, and is composed of moss 
and roots woven into a compact mass, with the addition of dried leaves 
and mud to give it solidity. It is lined with grass, fine rootlets, and 
horse-hair. It is about 120™™ to 130™™ in diameter, and its inside depth 
is from 40™™ to 45™™, The eggs vary much in size and color, ranging 
from 27™™ to 294™™ in length, and from 20™ to 214™™ in diameter. 
The ground color is a rich creamy tint with faint lilaceous blotches ; 
the eggs are mottled all over with streaks and blotches of madder- 
brown. 
Nests were taken in the latter part of June and early in July. 
Young in first plumage.—Above, uniform dusky ; the feathers of the 
back margined with blackish; some specimens show pale ochraceous 
shaft lines. Throat and belly pure white; the cheeks, breast, and flanks 
have a slight tinge of ochraceous. The entire under parts are thickly 
covered all over with round, dusky spots; these are confluent on the 
cheeks and sides of the head, inclosing the white of the throat. Wing 
plain, dusky, slightly olivaceous on the outer webs; a few of the wing 
coverts edged with rusty brownish. 
List of specimens. 
Orizinal peor Sex. Locality. Date. Remarks. 
BOO | tees ta. o ad. | Fuji- Yam pee septen seer | June 30, 1882 
SET Ra ae eee Gade |e 35- 00) cess dooce sca soestee | July 2, 1882 
381 88607 fof ea ieee + Sngneesosedseeniasse5e July 2, 1882 
382 aeeenieteraina |. pULWell mien ie = TE Sab eE eRe eriedor ase | July 2, 1882 
aU | Sal | 5 Se ee (oie Glen ea GO Ss chives cate oeitene cee July 9) 1882 
454 88611 pads Wl osss- Cee enone nee July 8, 1882 
SVE. Wl a ee Ciitivs jeeeee Coe ts ee es | July 11, 1882 
495 88606 od ad. Giese July 13, 1882 
496 pea recte ae 5 : July 13, 1882 
526 88612 July 16, 1882 
595 88608 July 24, 1882 
BOOe veleeres. 21: July 25, 1882 
Turdus obscurus Gmel. Temm. et Schl., Faun. Japon., 1847, Aves, pl. xxvii, p. 63; 
Blakiston and Pryer, Trans. As. Soc. Japan, Vol. X, Pt. I, p. 165; Brit. Mus. 
Cat., Vol. V, p. 273. 
This species seems to be rather a rare one. We collected it only in 
Shinshiu in autumn. 
It is generally found in thickets and about streams, but a few were 
taken on the hills by the bird-catchers. 
List of specimens. 
Original | Museum | P ; 
number. | number.| 5°*- Locality. Date. Remarks. 
715 41320 co ad. | Tate- om Shinshiu....-.. Oct. 23, 1882 
UU | =< Ovads |Reeseeslok.Geerk st ccwie-caccen-. Oct. 23, 1882 
ih ene See eee G ads |= se. aA Bis ete Oo tered a eee Oct. 27,1882 Iris dark brown. 
795 91317 O' ads jsaeee OGs ie ici -| Nov. 17, 1882 
385 88605 | fad. | Fuji-Yama......... ----|duly 2, 1882 
508 88604 Or ads Ihe. senceccseswccst : July 13, 1882 | 
