280 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [June 23, 



103. TuRDUS CARDis, Tenim. PI. Col. 518. 



This Thrush hails from Japan. It is noted from the Amoor by 

 von Schrenck. It is foimd in flocks every winter on the south coast 

 of China, as far as Canton. I do not know whether the young males 

 on leaving the nest resemble the female ; but when they reach Amoy, 

 they differ in being duskier, with larger spots, and with scarcely any 

 rufous except on the axillaries. The plumage continues to change 

 gradually, the olive-green upper parts at first becoming smoke-grey, 

 and the spots on the breast disappearing, until the entire bird is 

 black, except on the belly and vent, which remain white. I have a 

 series of five males showing the gradual transition. Like all Thrushes, 

 T. cordis varies much in size. The female retains her immature or 

 Turdine dress. I have four females of different ages. The older 

 birds are more richly coloured, with larger spots, and more rufous 

 on the under parts. 



104. TuRDUS HORTULORUM, Sclatcr, Ibis, 1863, p. 196. 



Found as a resident species in South China, about Canton and 

 Macao. Mr. Blyth once procured a similar bird at Calcutta (which 

 he named Geocichla dissimilis), but I have reason to believe it is not 

 the same as the South-China species ; neither surely can it be T. 

 cordis, with which Jerdon, in his 'Birds of India,' has confounded 

 it. Mr. Sclater has drawn the character of the species from the 

 oldest male I possessed, but it is not quite matured. It strikes me 

 that the adult will have the whole throat and breast cinereous, instead 

 of only a pectoral band of that colour. 



105. TuRDUS CHRYSOLATJS, Temm. PI. Col. 537. 



Summers in the Amoor and .Japan. Visits the south of China 

 during winter in flocks, extending its migrations easterly to Formosa 

 and Manilla. 



106. TuRDUs DAULiAs, Tcmm. PI. Col. 515. 



T. pallidus, Gm. ex Lath. 



Common during winter in South China and Formosa. Spends 

 the summer in Amoorland and Japan. 



107. TURDUS FALLENS, Pall. 



T. obscurus, Gmel. 



Found in Japan and the Amoorland ; migrates southwards during 

 the winter. 



108. TURDTJS FUSCATrS, Pall. 



Found during winter in South China ; noted from Amoorland. 



109. TuRDUS NATjMANNi, Tcmm. ; Ibis, 18C2, p. 319, pi. x. 



Found in the Amoorland ; and specimens have been received from 

 China as far down as Shanghai. On the more southern coast it is 

 occasionally, though rarely, met with during winter. 



