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whole middle of the throat is white, and the sides of head and throat 

 paler and brownish-tinged. The young bird is duller in colour, and 

 the wing-coverts are white spotted. 



Hob. Eastern Siberia and Japan ; Mongolia, Manchuria, and 

 Corea on passage, and winters in China ; has occurred as far 

 west as Assam. 



In habits this Thrush resembles its allies and frequents 

 wooded localities. It is, however, said to be very shy and 

 wary. Its song which is generally uttered from some tree-top 

 is said to be sweet in tone. It has been found breeding near 

 the mouth of the Ussuri river in E Siberia ; its nest which is 

 placed on the branches of a tree is constructed of dry roots of 

 Vaccinium, dry herbs, grass, moss, and pine-needles, and lined 

 with fine grass-bents. The eggs 4 to 5 in number are usually 

 deposited in June, and are pale bluish green rather finely 

 spotted with reddish brown and vary from 29.2 by 19. 5 to 32 

 by 20 mm. (1.15 by 077 to 1.26 by 079 inch.) 



19. WHITE'S THRUSH. 

 TURDUS VARIUS. 



Turdus ran*M*,Pall. Zoogr. Eoss. As. i. p. 449 (1811); (nee. Horsfield 1811); 

 Dresser, ii. p. 77, pi. 10 ; Newton i. p. 251 ; (David and Oust.) Oi?. 

 Chine p. 158 ; (Seebohm) Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 151 ; Tacz. F. 

 Sib. 0. p. 280 ; Saunders,p. 11 ; Lilford, iii.p. 78, pi. 39 ; T. tvhitei, 

 Eyton Ear. Brit. B. p. 92 (1836) ; Gould, B. of E. ii. p. 81 ; 

 Naumann, xiii. p. 354 ; Newton P. Z. S. 1897, pi. Ii. fig. 5 (egg). 

 Oreocincla aurea (Hoi.), Gould, B. of Gt. Brit. ii. pi. 39. 



Mame-jiro, Jap. 



$ ad. (Japan). Upper parts ochreous brown, under parts pale ochreotis 

 white, both above and below, marked with black, transverse bands ; axil- 

 laries white on the basal, and black on the terminal half ; tail composed of 

 fourteen feathers ; upper mandible dark brown, the lower one pale 

 yellowish tipped with brown ; legs dull yellowish brown ; iris dark 

 brown. Culmen I'O, wing 6*5, tail 4*75, tarsus 1*35 inch. Female similar, 

 but rather paler. 



Hal. Eastern Siberia, Japan, and northern China, in winter 

 migrating to southern China ; has strayed as far west as Europe 

 where it has been obtained in Austria, the Tyrol, Italy, 

 southern France, Germany, Belgium, Heligoland, (where it has 

 been obtained at least thirteen times), Sweden (once), Norway 

 (once), Great Britain and Ireland. 



