310 TURDIN^E. 



Upper plumage olive brown, tinged with slaty on the head, the primaries 

 and the inner webs of the other quills dark brown ; a narrow white supercilium ; 

 lores black ; chin and base of lower mandible white, as also a short line 

 produced downwards from the lower mandible ; throat, cheeks, sides of the 

 neck, and ear coverts dusky slaty ; breast and sides of the body ochraceous ; 

 abdomen, vent, and under tail coverts white ; under wing coverts and axillaries 

 pale grey. 



The/emale is like the male, but has the lores brown, the supercilium, chin, 

 and a line down the throat buffy white ; the ear coverts are dark brown, striped 

 with buffy ; a buffy white line runs from the bill under the ear coverts, and a 

 brown one between this and the throat ; top of head like the back. Young 

 birds have the upper parts striped with ochraceous, and the wirag coverts are 

 tipped with the same ; the breast feathers are tipped with brcwn ; bill dark 

 brown, the lower mandible yellow, also the gape and inside of mouth ; irides 

 olive brown; legs yellowish brown. 



Length. 8'6 inches; wing 4-8; tail 3-5 ; tarsus i'2 ; bill from gape i'i. 



Hob. Siberia, passing through China and Mongolia on migration, and 

 wintering in Assam, Malacca, Burmah, North India, and the Islands of the 

 Malay Archipelago. It occasionally strays as far west as Turkestan, Nepaul, 

 and Europe. It has been recorded from Arrakan. Gates got a specimen in 

 Pegu at Kyeikpadein in April. Davison found it common in Tenasserim, 

 both in the hills and plains. Mr. Seebohm found the nest in the valley of the 

 Yenasay in June. 



383. Merula pallida, (Gmel.) Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 274 ; 

 Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 274. Turdus pallidus, Gmel., Syst. Nat. i. p. 815 

 Wald, in Bl. B. Burm. p. 99 ; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. vi. p. 253 ; Hu?ne r 

 Str. F. viii. p. 94. Turdus daulias, Tern. PI. Col. 5 15. The PALE OUZEL. 



Upper plumage rich russet brown, tinged with grey on the head ; lores very 

 dark brown ; ear coverts brown ; supercilium none ; wings brown ; the primaries, 

 primary coverts, and bastard wing feathers with the outer webs slate grey ; the 

 outer webs of the secondaries, greater, median, and lesser wing coverts russet 

 brown ; tail dark brown, the outer webs margined with olive brown ; inner 

 webs of outside tail feathers white for half an inch at the tip, the white being 

 gradually decreased on the inner feathers to the third on each side ; throat, 

 cheeks, breast, and flanks slate grey, whiter on the abdomen and centre of the 

 breast, and more or less irregularly shaded with brown on the lower throat, 

 sides of the breast, and flanks ; under tail coverts white, the basal half edged' 

 with brown ; axillaries and under wing coverts pale slate grey, obscurely 

 tipped with white ; bill dark brown, yellow at base of lower mandible ; irides 

 brown ; legs and feet pale yellowish brown. 



