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67. Merula obscura (Gm.). 

 Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 332. 



Passes Chinkiang iu May. It is by no means common. 



68. Merula hortulorum (Sclater). 

 Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 332. 



Passes in April and May. It appeared to be very common 

 in 1902 aud nine examples were shot from the 16th to the 

 27th of April. I also obtained one on May 5. Most of 

 these were adult males, but one or two were young males 

 with spotted breasts and two or three were females. They 

 frequented Avoods on the hills and thickets and copses on 

 the plain. 



69. Merula fuscata (Pall.). 

 Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 333. 



A common winter bird. It becomes very abundant in 

 early spring and remains until the latter half of April. 



70. Merula naumanni (Temm.). 

 Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 332. 



Also a common winter bird, whose numbers greatly 

 increase in early spring. The collectors, who shot one on 

 April 14, told me that on April 22 they saw two flocks 

 of Thrushes, either of this species or M. fuscata, going 

 north, each flock being composed of about two hundred 

 individuals. 



71. Geocichla sibirica (Pall.). 

 Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 333. 



I met with small parties of this Thrush on September 27 

 and October 16, and shot two females on the first-mentioned 

 date. On both occasions the birds were in woods on the 

 hills and were feeding on the ground, whence they flew into 

 trees when frightened. 



72. Oreocincla varia (Pall.). 

 Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 333. 



The collectors saw one example on May 15 amongst 

 woods on the hills. I believe that I saw another on 

 April 19, a year or two after, in the same woods. 



