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centre tail feathers brown, the remainder chestnut on inside web and basal 

 portion of outside web ; chin, throat, and breast chestnut ; under surface pale 

 greyish, white on the flanks, with obscure darker centres ; axillaries and under 

 wins coverts bullish chestnut ; bill dark brown ; lower mandible yellowish at 

 base ; legs, feet, and claws brown ; irides brown. 



The female has very little chestnut on the throat and breast, which have the 

 general colour of the flanks, with black fan-shaped terminal spots to many of 

 the feathers. 



Length. IO inches ; wing 5-5 j tail 4 ; tarsus 1-5 ; culmen 0-85 to 0-9. 



I Jab. The Himalayas, where it breeds ; Nepaul, Bhootan to China, and 

 Southern Siberia. It winters in Turkestan, India, and China, and occasionally 

 straggles into Europe. It frequents forests, associating in large flocks. 



381 Merula unicolor, Tick. ?. A. S. B. \\. p. 577 ; Gould. 



P. Z. S. 1837, p. 136; Gray, Gen, B. i. p. 220. Geocichla unicolor, (Tick.) 

 BIyth, Cat. B, Mus. As. Soc. p. 163; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 519, No. 356; 

 Murray, Hdbk., Zool., fyc., Sind, p. 140; Murray, Vert. ZooL, Sind, 

 p. 131. TICKELL'S OUZEL. 



Above uniform dusky, slaty, or ashy grey ; wings and tail dusky brown, 

 their external webs margined with ashy grey ; breast, throat, and flanks pale 

 slate grey ; chin pale grey, nearly white ; abdomen, vent and under tail coverts 

 white ; under wing coverts buff ; legs and feet pale brown ; bill dusky yellow ; 

 eyelids and gape yellow ; irides brown. 



Length. 9 inches ; wings 4-5 to 475 ; tail 3-45 ; bill o'95. 



Female. Upper parts olive brown ; ashy grey on the rump and upper tail 

 coverts ; throat and breast paler than in the male, nearly white ; the fcatheis 



of the throat with some spots. 



Hab. Central, Southern and Western India. Common in the Punjab, 

 N.-W. Provinces, Oudh, Central India, Deccan, Rajputana and Nepaul. 

 Breeds in the Himalayas, and migrates to the plains in winter. In Sind it is 

 rare, and is found in the northern portion only. 



382. Merula obscura, (Gmd.) Scdohm, Cii. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 273 ; 



Oa/es t B. Br., Burm. i. p. I. Turdus obscurus, Gmd. Syst. Nat. i. p. 816; 

 Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 333 ; Wald. Tr. Zool. Socy. ix. p. 187 ; Blyth, B. 

 Burm. p. 99; Hume and Uav., Sir. F. vi. p. 251 ; Dresser, B. Eur. ii. 

 p. 71 pi.; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 1)4. Turdus pallens, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso. 

 Asia/, i. p. 457. Turdus rufulus, J)rap. diet. Class d Hist. Nat. x. p. 443 

 Ball, Sir. F. i. p. 69. Turdus modestus, Kyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 103. 

 The DARK OUZEL. 

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