308 TURDIN^E. 



Hob. Eastern Himalayas, N.-W. Provinces, and Bengal. Has been known to 

 breed at Nynee Tal, where Captain Marshall found a nest during May at about 

 7,000 feet elevation in a small shrubby tree. The nest was (Hume) placed 

 in a fork about 7 feet from the ground, it was made of moss with a few roots 

 intertwined. The egg (number not given), Hume says, is an elongated oval a 

 good deal compressed towards the smaller end, a delicate pale sea green in 

 colour, profusely speckled and spotted with reddish brown, more dense towards 

 the larger end, where it is almost confluent, and forms a partial cup; size I -06 

 x 07 inch. 



379. Merula atrigularis fern. Man. <r Orn. i. 169; Gould. B. 



Eur. ii. p. 75; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 161 ; Seebyhm, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. vol. v. p. 268 ; Murray, Vert. ZooL, Stnd, p. 131. Turdus atrigularis, 

 {Tern.) Blf. East. Pers. ii. p. 158 ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 6. Planesticus 

 atrigularis, (Tern.) Bp. Cat. Parzud ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 529, No. 365 ; Hume 

 andHenders., Lahore to Yarkand, p. 192; Murray, Hdbk., Zool. t fyc., Sind, 

 p. 140. Turdus mystacinus, Severtz. Turkest.Jevotn. pp. 64, 115, 119. The 

 BLACK-THROATED THRUSHU 



Above pale cinereous brown ; the feathers of the head, wings and tail darker 

 brown ; a black streak from the base of bill to the eyes not very distinct ; ear 

 coverts dark brown, tipped paler j chin, throat, breast, and lores black ; abdo- 

 men, vent and under tail coverts white, the latter with a few brown dashes ; 

 axillaries darkish grey ; under wing coverts buffy. 



The female wants the pectoral gorget ; the chin and throat is white ; the 

 sides and breast grey brown, with conspicuous dark centres; bill yellow, the 

 tip dusky; orbits yellow; legs horny brown ; irides dark brown. 



Length. lO'S inches ; wing 575 ; tail 475 ; bill at front 0-9!. 



Hab. Beloochistan, Persia, Afghanistan, Western Turkistan, the Hima- 

 layas, Nepaul, Punjab, N.-W. Provinces and Sind during winter. Breeds in 

 Siberia and Turkestan. 



This Thrush, according to Jerdon, is found throughout the Himalayas, 

 inhabiting the higher ranges in the interior in summer, but descending to 

 the lower ranges in winter. It keeps to the more open woods at a level of 

 from 3,000 to 4,000 feet, and is occasionally seen on roads and pathways. It 

 feeds on insects and berries. 



380. Merula mfiCOlliS, Pall. Reis. Russ. Reichs. iii. p, 694 ; GmeL 

 Syst. Nat. i. p. 815 ; Pall. Zoogr. Rosso. Asiat. i. p. 452 ; Seebohm y Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. v. p. 270. Planesticus ruficollis, (Pall.) Bp. Parzud. p. 5 ; Jerd. B. 

 Ind. i. p. 528. The RED-THROATED OUZEL. 



Upper surface and ear coverts grey, the lores darker ; supercilium chestnut, 

 scarcely reaching the nape ; wings and wing coverts brown, edged with grey ; 



