CLASSIFIED NOTES 481 



WHITE'S THRUSH [Tunln* a.'n-eu* Holandre ; Tt'mlus vdrius Pallas. French, merle dore; 

 German, bunte Drossel ; Italian, fordo dorato]. 



1. Description. Recognised by its large size and by the broad, black, horse-shoe markings 

 on the upper surface, enclosing a yellow spot. The sexes are alike, and there is no seasonal 

 change of plumage. Adult, length 11 in. [279 mm.]. Feathers of the top of the head 

 brownish black, with a spot of golden buff near the extremity ; remainder of the upper 

 surface olive-golden, with a subtenninal bar of golden buff and a deep black loop at the 

 extremity of each feather, giving the whole of the upper surface a richly spangled appearance ; 

 middle of the throat, as well as the middle of the belly, uniform white; but the flank feathers 

 have a subtenninal bar of golden buff and a black tip; primary quills blackish brown, with a 

 fringe of golden buff and with a square patch of yellowish buff at the base of the inner web ; 

 axillaries black on their basal half and white on their terminal half. [w. p. p. and T. w.] 



2. Distribution. The breeding-grounds of this thrush lie in Eastern Siberia, and extend 

 from the south of Lake Baikal to the Pacific Ocean, and also in the island of Hondo in Japan. 

 In the Riu-kiu group it is replaced by a larger form, and by other races in Java, Lombok, 

 Himalayas, and S. India. Buturlin states that it is not uncommon on the Yenisei and the 

 northern portions of the Akmolinsk and the southern parts of the Tobolsk governments. 

 Specimens in summer plumage have been obtained in the Perm and Ufa governments of 

 European Russia. Its normal winter quarters lie in South China and Formosa, occasionally hi 

 Pegu, Assam, and the Philippines; but some move westward and have been met with in West 

 Europe as far as Scandinavia, Heligoland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, France (Pyrenees), Italy, 

 and about twenty times from the British Isles, all from England, except one Scotch and three 

 Irish records. [F. c. . J.] 



[S i r.KRi AX-THRUSH [Turdus sibiricus Pallas. French, merle nilterien; German, sibirische 

 Drossel]. 



1. Description. Recognised by its uniform slate-grey coloration; but the eyebrow and a 

 line down the middle of the belly are pure white. The sexes are different in coloration. Adult 

 male, length 10 in. [254 mm.]. General colour of the upper parts deep slate-grey, darkest on the 

 head and lores ; a long and very conspicuous white eyebrow ; primary quills dark brown, edged 

 with slate-grey; an elongate rounded patch of white on the inner web; middle tail feathers 

 uniform with the back ; remainder of the tail black, with a small white tip ; under surface 

 similar to the upper surface, but with a line of white feathers down the middle of the belly. 

 The adult female has the upper surface dark olive-brown, with a golden buff eyebrow stripe ; 

 under parts white, shading into brown on the chest and flanks, each feather tipped with dark 

 olive-brown, [w. p. p. and T. w.] 



2. Distribution. Breeds in the valleys of Mid Siberia (Yenisei and Lena), near the Arctic 

 Circle, and migrates through Dauria, Ussuria, and China to farther India, the Andaman Isles, 

 South China, and Java and Borneo. Has occurred casually in Germany (ten), Belgium (two), 

 Holland (two), Bulgaria, France, and twice in England (Surrey and Isle of Wight), but the 

 evidence is not quite conclusive. [F. c. R. J.] ] 



ALPINE RING-OUZEL [Tilrdus torqudtus alpestris (Brehm). French, merle d plastron; 

 German, Alpenamsel ; Italian, merlo dal collare meridionale]. 



1. Description. Differs from the common ring-ouzel (see vol. i. p. 329) in having all the 

 feathers of the under surface heavily margined with white, [w. p. p. and T. w.] 



2. Distribution. Breeds in the mountain ranges of Central and Southern Europe, from the 

 Iberian mountain systems and the Pyrenees in the west to the Alpine chain, the Apennines, 

 the Carpathians, Tatra, and the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula, but not in Greece. Probably 



