160 Col. R. Meinertzhagen on the [Ibis, 



some cases the under parts resemble grisescentior, in others 

 gilfllt, whilst in others they are much brighter than in 

 either form. Bilkevitcld differs from these {s'u-) forms in 

 the larger amount of grey on the upper parts and, mainly, 

 in the dull olive-red colour of the shoulder and parts of the 

 back, which are marked with white shaft-stripes. Wing 80 

 to 98 mm. 



The wing of the type of ^'- qUgit " measures 82 mm., and 

 one in my own collection has a similar wing. Five '■^ grises- 

 centior '" at Tring var}' from 79 to 81 mm. lantjt. I. Uiieatum 

 varies from 74 to 77 mm. 



On comparing my birds with the series of 7. Jineatiim 

 Uneatum, grisesceniior, and gUg'it both at Tring and the 

 British Museum, it is clear that they belong to none of these 

 three races, being much greyer and more closely resembling 

 Sarudny's description of hUkev'itch'i. 



Three birds from near Quetta have wings of from 80 to 

 84 mm. 



I leave this undoubted new Indian form of Jineatnm 

 without a name, being unable to examine the type of 

 hilkevltcln. 



Birds from Kohat (N.W. India) belong to gnsescentior. 



Turdiis viscivorus. 



7'. r. Jionapartc'i Cab. 



A local but widely distributed resident, confined to juniper 

 forest in summer and descending lower in winter, though 

 seldom actually seen in the plains. In the neigbourhood of 

 Ziarat in 1913 it was particularly common, and from thirty 

 to forty of these huge Thrushes could be seen in a morning. 



I found a nest on Zarghun at 9500 feet on 4. iv. which was 

 14 feet from the ground in the fork of a large juniper, and 

 contained three eggs. Another found by Marshall at 8000 feet 

 on l.v. was 10 feet from the ground and contained four eggs. 



The wing of a male I shot measured 172 nnn. and that 

 of a female 163 mm. Both birds are much paler on the 

 upper parts than European specimens, but Hartert (Vog. 

 pal. Fauna) states that this is not constant. 



