92 Mr. H. L. Popliam on Birds 



3. TuRDUs luscATUs. Dusky Thrush. 



(7". dubius, Dresser, B. Europe, ii. pi. 7, p, 63.) 

 Wishing one day to obtain a thoroughly authentic clutch 

 of Redwings' eggs, I shot the parent bird, and was surprised 

 to find it was not an ordinary Redwing as I had thought, 

 but a specimen of T. fuscatus. I secured the two eggs from 

 the nest, which was exactly like a Fieldfare's, with a lining 

 of mud and a final lining of dry grass. We afterwards 

 obtained several more nests with eggs belonging to the 

 Dusky Thrush, all being of necessity placed rather low 

 down, but one was quite on the ground between the stems of 

 a willow. This species extended further north than either 

 of the preceding, even beyond the limit of the forest. The 

 eggs are mostly of the Redwing type, and measure from I'Ol 

 to I'l inch in length and "8 in breadth. One clutch of six 

 eggs was more clearly spotted than the others. 



4. TuRDUs oBscuRUS. Pale Thrush. 



We were unfortunate in obtaining only one specimen of 

 this Thrush on the Kamina Tungooska River, and still more 

 so in not finding any eggs. 



5. TuRDus siBiRicus. Siberian Thrush. 



This handsome bird was often to be seen perched on the 

 top of a tree, whistling a few rich notes, but owing to its 

 extreme wariness it was difficult to approach within shot, 

 and it was only by careful stalking that we managed to ob- 

 tain three skins, all of males. It was most numerous around 

 Toorukhansk (lat. 66° N.). We got several nests supposed 

 to belong to this species, but we were never able to thoroughly 

 identify the eggs further than seeing the birds in the imme- 

 diate vicinity of the nest. These eggs differ very much from 

 those of T. dubius, having a paler blue ground-colour and 

 more distinct spots of reddish brown. They measure 1 '16 in. 

 by -82 in. 



-.6. Saxicola cenanthe. Common Wheatear. 



Fairly numerous ; one was obtained at Yeniseisk and two 

 at Golchika. 



