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26. WHITE THROATED ROCK THRUSH. 

 MONTICOLA GULARIS. 



Monticola gularis (Swinhoe), P. Z. S., 1862, p. 318 (id) Ibis, 1863 p. 93, 

 pi. iii ; David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 161, pi. xlii ; Tacz. F. 

 O.-Sib. 0. p. 323 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 326. 



ad. (S. E. Siberia). Head, nape, and lesser wing-coverts cobalt blue ; 

 ear-coverts, sides of neck, back and scapulars blackish ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts chestnut ; wings and tail brown, the latter slightly washed 

 with blue ; wicg-coverts and inner secondaries paler margined ; a median 

 line down the throat white ; rest of under parts chestnut red. Culmeii 0'8, 

 wing 3'9, tail 2-9, tarsus 0'95inch. Female greyish brown above the back ; 

 rump and sides of neck with semicircular brown and ochreous markings ; 

 under parts greyish white, the middle of the throat and abdomen white ; 

 breast and flanks barred with brown. 



Hob. South-eastern Siberia, Manchuria and northern China, 

 passing further south in winter, when it has been found in 

 Cambodgia. 



Differs from M. saxatilis in frequenting dense forests where 

 there are old trees. Its song is clear and melodious and is 

 generally uttered when the bird is perched on the top of an 

 old tree. It breeds in south-east Siberia and Manchuria, but 

 its nest and eggs are as yet unknown. 



27. BLUE THRUSH. 



MONTICOLA CYANUS. 



Monticola cyanus, (Linn.) Syst. Nat. i. p. 296 (1766) ; Naumann, ii. p. 

 341, Taf. 72, figs. 1, 2 ; Gould, B. of E. ii. pi. 87 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit, 

 ii. pi. 43; Dresser, ii. p. 139, pi. 18 ; David and Oust. Ois. Chine, 

 p. 163 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 316 ; Oates, F. Brit. Ind. 

 Birds, ii. p. 147. 



Melro azul, solitario, Portug. ; Solitario azul, Span. ; Passer a 

 solitaria, Ital. ; JBlaumerle, German ; Gohiboi-Drozd, Russ. 



$ ad. (N. Africa). General colour dull cobalt blue, the head and neck 

 glossed with silvery bine ; abdominal feathers and under tail-coverts with 

 obsolete white margins ; axillaries and under wing-coverts blackish blue ; 

 bill and legs blackish ; iris dark brown. Culmen 1*0, wing 4*9, tail 4'4, 

 tarsus 1*15 inch. Female greyish brown, mottled with paler brown above the 

 rump, washed with blue ; under parts warm buff, barred and mottled with 

 dark brown. In winter the upper parts of the male have the feathers with 

 paler margins, and the under parts with dull, white margins. 



