306 TURDIN^E. 



Entirely black, darker on the head and back of neck, lighter beneath, and 

 tinged with dusky ; bill orange ; legs dusky yellow ; irides dark brown. The 

 female is dusky olive brown above, lighter beneath. 



Length. 10-5 inches ; wing 5 ; tail 4-2 ; tarsus 1*35 ; culmen i-i. 



Hab. Southern India. Confined to the Neilgherries. The nests are similar 

 in structure to those of its congeners, wattle and dab, &c., being used in its 

 composition. Eggs, normally 4 in number, sometimes 5, dingy bluish red. 

 Size from PI to 1-3 inches in length and in breadth 0*82 to. 0*93 inches. 



375. Merula bOUrdilloni, Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mm. v. p. 251 ; 



pi. xv. Merula Kinnisi, (Blytk) apud. Hume^ Sir. F. vii. p. 35. BOURDILLON'S 

 TRAVANCORE OUZEL. 



Head black, rest of upper parts dull black ; under parts very dark brown, 

 with traces of dark slate grey margins to the feathers of the flanks ; below and 

 behind the eye a bare space ; bill orange. 



Length. 9*5 to 9-8 ; wing 47; tail 3*94; culmen Pi; tarsus 1*32. 



Hab. Travancore, breeding at an elevation of 4,000 feet. According to 

 3Vlr. Bourdillon it is not uncommon in the dense scrub jungle at the extreme 

 summit of the hills. 



376. Merula castanea, Gould, p. z. S. 1835, p. 185 ; Biyth, 



J . A. S. B. xvi. p. 149 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p.. 526 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, 

 Ind. JS. p. 235 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 259. The GREY-HEADED 

 OUZEL. 



Entire head, neck and throat very pale grey ; greyish white on the chin and 

 throat ; back and scapulars deep rich chesnut, or chestnut bay, suffused with 

 dark brown on the upper back and olive brown on the longer upper tail 

 coverts ; wings, wing coverts and tail dark brown ; breast, flanks and belly, also 

 axillaries and under wing coverts, deep rich chestnut, the centre of the belly 

 more or less marked with dark brown and white ; under tail coverts dark brown 

 with white tips and shafts ; tail dark brown ; bill and legs yellow ; wings brown. 



Length. 10*5 inches; wing 5^5; tail 4*5; culmen PI ; tarsus 1*4. 



The female has the upper parts suffused with olive brown, the chestnut 

 colouring is duller, and there are on the sides of the white throat some obscure 

 streaks. 



Hab. The Himalayas from Cashmere to Assam, breeding at high elevations. 

 Eggs of the type of M. boulboul. 



377. Merula fuSCata, (Pall) Seebohm^ Cat. B. Br, Mus. v. p. 262. 

 Turdus fuscatus, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso Asiat. i. p. 451 ; Gould, B. Asia i. pi. 

 Ixv. Turdus eunomus, Tern. pi. col. ii. No. 514. Turdus naumanni, Tem. 



