AET. 15 BIRDS COLLECTED IN CENTRAL CHINA ^RILEY 25 



99. TURDUS EUNOMUS Temminck 



Turdus eunomus Temminck, PL Col., liv. 87, 1831, pi. 514 (Japan). 



Two males, 45 miles north-west of Ninghsia, Kansu, May 22 

 and 26. 



Both specimens have little rusty in the wings. The specimen taken 

 on the 26th has the tail pattern, the back, and rusty spots on the 

 sides and flanks much like naumanni. It is probably a hybrid. 



100. TURDUS RUFICOLLIS Pallas 



Turdus ruficoUis Pallas, Rels. Russ. Beichs, vol. 3, 1776, p. 694 (Daurla). 



One female, Paotow, Inner Mongolia, March 22; 2 males, 2 fe- 

 males, and 1 unsexed, 45 miles northwest of Ninghsia, Kansu,. 

 May 4^7. 



One male and one female included in the above collected May 4 

 I take to be hybrids between Turdus ruficoUis and ewiomv/S. The one 

 marked female is like ruflcollis, but the red area of the throat and 

 chest is replaced by fuscous black; chin pinkish buff; feathers of 

 throat edged with pinkish buff; the chest feathers edged with pale 

 smoke gray. The one marked male has the chin and throat pinkish 

 buff with two blackish rictal stripes; the chest feathers mikado 

 brown with large brownish black centers and fringed with pinkish 

 buff. 



Rothschild ^^ reports hybrids between Turdus eunomus and nmt- 

 manni. Where the ranges of these closely related species meet, 

 crossing apparently is not uncommon. 



101. TURDUS GOULDII (Verreaux) 



Merula gouldii Veeeeaux, Nouv. Arch. Mus. d'Hist. Nat., vol. 6, Bull., 1870, p. 34 

 (Chinese Tibet). 



Four adult males, two adult females, and two immatures, 120 

 miles south of Lanchow, Kansu. July 26-August 15. 



I can not see that this bird is only a form of castaneus. They are 

 too distinct in coloration, and if the ranges are given correctly in 

 the manuals do not meet at any point. 



102. TURDUS OBSCURUS Gmelin 



Turdus oiscurus Gmelin, Sys. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 816 (Lake Baikal). 

 One female, 45 miles northwest of Ninghsia, May 22. 



103. OREOCINCLA AUREA AUREA (Holandre) 



Turdus aureus Holandee, Aunuaire de la Moselle, 1825, p. 60 (Metz). 

 Two females, 45 miles northwest Ninghsia, Kansu, May 7 and 21. 



18 Nov. Zool.. vol. 30, 1923, pp. 43, 255. 



