A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Abdomen black or blackish, with or without 



light edges to feathers T. torquatus, p. 413 



Abdomen partially or entirely white . 6 



Abdomen uniform white throughout, feathers of 



throat black or black with white edges . . T. ruficollis, p. 410 

 Abdomen, at least partially, spotted, throat white 



or buff 7 



Inner webs of quills and outer ones of secondaries 



partially rufous T. eunomus, p. 407 



No rufous on wing-feathers. ... 8 



(Under wing-coverts and sides of breast bright 

 rufous T. musicus, p. 404 

 Under wing-coverts rusty-yellow, no rufous on 

 sides T. philomelus, p. 399 



TURDUS DAUMA 



163. Turdus dauma aureus Hoi.* WHITE 'S THRUSH. 



TUBDUS AUREUS Holandre, Fauna dep. Moselle, in Ann. Moselle, p 60 



(1825 Metz). 



Turdus Whitei Eyton, Rarer Brit. B., p. 92 (1836 Christchurch). 



Turdus varius Pallas, Yarrell, i, p. 251 ; Saunders, p. 11. 



T. d. aureus Hartert, Brit. B., iv, p. 129. 



DESCRIPTION (Plate 14). Adult male and female. Winter. 

 Whole upper -parts yellowish olive-brown, each feather with a broad 

 black tip and an olive-yellow subterminal band ; lores whitish 

 with faint black tips ; feathers of sides of head and under-parts 

 white with black tips and yellow subterminal bands ; feathers of 

 sides of breast olive-brown, those of centre of belly almost pure 

 white with only a few narrow black tips ; chin and upper-throat and 

 under tail-coverts white, often tinged buffish, feathers with black 

 tips (sometimes almost absent, sometimes well marked) ; greater 

 under wing-coverts with basal half black and distal half pure white, 

 axillaries with basal half pure white and distal half black, forming 

 together a broad black band under wing ; tail : two central pairs 

 olive-brown, next three pairs brown-black with olive-brown bases 

 and whitish tips, two outer pairs with larger white tips and with 

 brown-black bases and some olive-brown on distal portions ; 

 primaries and secondaries dark brown with a broad yellowish- 

 white band across middle of inner webs, usually commencing on 

 3rd primary, outer webs mostly yellowish-olive, but with dark 

 brown encroaching on it in an irregular line and at tip, innermost 

 secondaries with olive-yellow tips ; primary -coverts brown-black 

 at tip and base, middle of outer webs olive-yellow and of inner webs 

 whitish ; greater wing-coverts brown-black with broad olive-brown 



* Holandre's name is two years earlier than Pallas's varius. E.H. 



