BIRDS OF THE INDIAN EMPISE. 717 



886. *(671) Planesticus nigropileus. The Black-capped Black- 



bird. 



Turdus nigropileus Lafres., Deless, Votj. de VInde, Pt. ii., p. 

 27 (1843), (hidia). 



Nilgiris, Mysore Hills and Aravalli Hills. 



887. (672) Planesticus albocinctus. The White-collared Ouzel. 



Turdus albocinctus Royle., III. Him. Bot., p. Ixxvii. 

 (1839), {Himalayas). 



888. (673) Planesticus castaneus castaneus. The Grey- 



headed Ouzel. 



M. castanea, Gould P.Z.8., 1835, p. 185 (Sikkitn). 

 Himalayas, Kashmir to Assam. 



889. (673) Planesticus castanea gouldi. Gould's Grey-headed 



Ouzel. 



Manila gouldi Verr. Noui: Arch. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. vi., 

 p. 34 (1871), {W. Setschuan). 

 Eastern Assam to W. China. 



890. (674) Planesticus eunomus. The Dusky Ouzel. 



Turdus eunomus Temm. PI. Col. ii., pi. 514 (1831), (Japan). 



991. Planesticus pallidus. The Pale Ouzel. 



Turdus pallidus Gmel, Sysi. Nat. i., p. 815 (1789), {Lake 

 Baikal). 



892. -|-(675) K lanesticus ruficollis ruficollis. The Red-throated 



Ouzel. 



Turdus ruficollis Pall., Reise. Riiss. Reichs. Hi., p)- 694 

 (1776), (Dauria). 



Breeding East Siberia, etc. 



893. (677) Planesticus ruficollis atrogularis. The Black- 



throated Ouzel. 



Turdus atrogularis Temm., Man. d'Orn. i., p. 169 (1820), 

 {Austria). 



Breeding W. Siberia and N.-W. Himalayas. 



894. (676) Planesticus bouIbouK The Grey-winged Blackbird. 



Lanius boulboul Lath., Ind. Orn. i., p. 80 (1790), {India). 



895. (678) Planesticus unicolor. TickelVs Ouzel. 



Turdus unicolor Tick., J.A.S.B. ii., p. 511 (1833), {Bora- 

 bhutn). 



896. (679) Planesticus protomelus. The Black-busted Ouzel. 



Turdus protomelas Cab. Jour. f. Orn., 1867, p. 286 

 {Himalayas). 

 Hills S. of Brahmapootra, Chin Hills. 



* It is possible that Nos. 667-671 should all be treated as sub-sj)ecies of F. merula. 



f It is very doubtful whether atrogularis can be considered a sub-sjjecies of ruficollis. 

 I cannot find any comiecting link between the two which are always separable. [Sec' 

 also KoUibay Bemer. Turk. Vogel. (1917, p. 450).] 



