1920] On Ike. liirds of North-Easl ChJIil}. 881 



when I saw i\wvi\ or Coin' ;it; llu; port 011 the 2ik1 of May, one 

 of \vlii(;li I shot. On I he Gtli of May following I secured 

 another. My collector l)rouj^ht nic one taken by him that 

 spring at Shanhaiknan on the 21-th of April. On the 30th of 

 April, 1915, T saw an adult nuilc running about on the bluff, 

 Tnrdits liorhilonmi. Selatcr of David & Oustalet's 'Oiseaux 

 de la Chine' is the iniTnatiii(! male, while Turdus pelioa of the 

 same authors is the adult mah^, which has no spots on the 

 throat and hrcnst. 1 do not know of any evidence cstab- 

 lishitig this bird as a resident in south-east China. It is a 

 faii'ly coinnion migiatory Thrush in eastern China, and it 

 winters iu Koliki(;n and Kwan;;tung. 



71. Merula naumanni ('renim.). 



Turdus naumanni D. & 0. p. 158. 



Merula naunianni Tja 'W p. 571. 



The Rcd-tuiled Ou/.el is an abundant migrant in the 

 disti'iet from the end of Marcdi to the; middle of April. It 

 rcappc'ars rather late in Octoher and may he met with 

 thruughout November. Jt winters in sheltered j)laees in 

 the mountains. 



This Thrush vvas common in the mountains of the fiiautung 

 Peninsula in February 18*J(). 



75. Merula fiiscata (Pallas). '^~' 



Tardus j'u.scatiis 1). & O. p. 155, 



Merula J'uscuta La T. p. 572. 



'V\n'. Dusky Ouzel is (;ommon ui this district during April 

 and May and passes again during Octoher. \n IDl.'J one 

 was seen (jii the Sth of Mareh, and in 1915 one ap|)eared 

 at the port on the 1 ith <d' February and rciiiained until 

 the 19th, 



I saw this Thi'ush at Newchwang in May 1889, 



70. Merula ruficollis (Pallas). 



Tardus ruficollis D. & O. p. 15G. 



T observed tlu; Red-necked Ouzel for the first time on 

 the 8th of March, 1917, when I sliot one of three s|)ecimcns. 

 I subse(pu;ntly saw thrushes on the 15tli and 21th of that 



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