258 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



Mr. Seebohm thinks, in that of the River Ob also. It also 

 nests on the Altai mountains, and in the mountains of Eastern 

 Turkestan, and probably in the higher portions of the Hima- 

 layan chain. In winter it is found plentifully in the latter range 

 as far as Assam, and occurs at this season of the year in Afghan- 

 istan and Baluchistan, as well as in Eastern Turkestan. It is on 

 its autumn migration that it wanders into Europe, where it has 

 been obtained in several countries, Russia, Denmark, Germany, 

 Belgium, France, and Italy. 



Habits. As might be expected, little has been recorded of 

 the habits of this Ouzel. Mr. Seebohm writes : " I met wit 

 it twice in the valley of the Yenesay, on my return journey fro: 

 the Arctic Regions, between 60 and 63 N. lat, early in August. 

 I found it a very noisy, active bird. I was too late for the eggs 

 but the not fully-fledged young, three of which I secured, wen 

 a source of great anxiety to their parents, whose alarm-note 

 resounded on the skirts of the forest on every side. The] 

 principally frequented the neighbourhood of the villages on th 

 banks of the river, where the forest had been cut down for fire 

 wood, and clumps of small trees were scattered over the rougl 

 pastures, where the cattle of the peasants are turned out t 

 graze in the summer. They showed a marked preference fo 

 the pines, and were very wary. The males kept out of gun 

 shot, and I only secured one adult bird, a female. In it 

 winter home it frequents a variety of situations, affecting in 

 Eastern Turkestan, according to Dr. Scully, the trees lining the 

 watercourses or growing near tanks, or it may be seen amongst! 

 the sand-hills and scrub-jungle. In India it is found in the; 

 more open woods at a level of from 3,000 to 8,000 feet, or it 

 may be seen in the roads and pathways. Near Gwadar, in 

 Baluchistan, Mr. Blanford found it frequenting the miserable! 

 apologies for gardens in that ' most desolate of inhabited spotsj 

 on the earth's surface.' The food of this Thrush consists oij 

 worms and insects, and doubtless small snails, varied in autumni 

 and winter with a diet of fruit and berries. In Eastern Tur 

 kestan it is known as the * Jigda-churr, or ' Jigda-eater,' as Dr 

 Scully informs us, from its feeding on the Eleagnus berries 

 known as 'Trebizond dates,' and called 'Jigda' in Turki." 



Kest Not yet described. 



