432 Dr. E. Hartert on Birds from 



liorum alba/' Unfortunately the two names have since 

 been reversed, and it is time that this old error should be 

 rectified and the names used in their original sense. Tardus 

 iliacus sings in our English parks and gardens, while Tardus 

 musicus is a winter migrant to this country. 



? ad. et pull., Bulun, 6. vii. 1903. (Nos. 195, 196, 

 198.) 



£ ad. 100 miles up the river from Bulun, 5. vii. 1903. 

 The nestlings have the red on the sides of the breast and 

 under the wings paler and yellower, almost as in the Song- 

 Thrush. 



[These birds had a nest on July 7th in the jagged part of 

 a broken fir-tree near the ground. The male (the female 

 being shot) saw to the removal of the young to a more secure 

 hiding-place. We found these birds rather shy.] 



43. Turdus naumanni Teium. 



Tardus naumanni Temminck, Man. tVOrn. ed. 2, ii. p. 170 



(1820). 



3 ad., (5 pulli, and young from Yakutsk and Olekminsk 

 on the Lena River. Young from 6. vii. to 4. viii. 1903. 



Ad.: "Iris brownish; bill deep brownish, with base of 

 lower mandible and cutting edge yellow. Legs yellowish 

 brown." Pull us : " Bill nut-brown, yellowish at base. Eye 

 brown. Legs very pale brown/' (Nos. 84, 125, 126, 146, 

 144, 303, 359, 385.) 



The young bird in first plumage is very different from the 

 adult. The fore-neck and chest are heavily spotted with 

 brownish black, the upper surface is spotted with pale buff 

 and blackish-brown spots. 



[Evidently I was standing near the nest of this bird when 

 my attention was first attracted to it, for it flew restlessly 

 from tree-top to tree-top after approaching me quickly from 

 a distance.] 



44. Turdus dubius Bechst. 



There are also three other young Thrushes from Bulun 

 (Nos. 185, 193, and 230), which are much like the young of 

 T. naumanni, but much blacker above, and have the tails 



