40 DUSKY T I [HUSH. 



INSECTIVOR^. 



Family TURBID^. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Turdus. fLinnceus.J 



DUSKY THRUSH. 



Turdus fuscatus. 



Turdus fuscatus, Pallas; Zoog., i., p. 451. 



" " Radde; Reisen im Suden von Ost 



Siberien, vol. ii., No. 121, pi. 7. 

 " " Gould; Birds of Europe, pi. 79. 



Specific Characters. — Crown of head, cheeks, and sides of chest, deep 

 maroon brown. Upper parts, including wing coverts, rusty, coloured with 

 black markings, extending from the occiput to the scapularies; a broad 

 cream-coloured streak above the eye. 



Dr. Von Schrenck, in his "Amur Reise," (i., p. 353,) expresses 

 his decided opinion that Turdus fuscatus, Pallas, is quite distinct 

 from T. Naumanni, Temminck. Mr. Gould, as stated above, figured 

 T. fuscatus as T. Naumanni in his "Birds of Europe," (vol. ii., pi. 

 79.) In his " Birds of Asia," Mr. Gould figures T. fuscatus for T. 

 Naumanni, considering the species identical. Commenting upon this. 

 Dr. Sclater ("Ibis," vol. iii., p. 278, note,) remarks: — "I am inclined 

 to think that Mr. Gould has done wrong in uniting these two species. 

 Turdus fuscatus is a well-known Japanese bird, and as Dr. Schrenck 

 informs us, the commonest of all the genus in the Amoor Land. Of 

 T. Naumanni, on the other hand, but one example was obtained in 

 Amoor Land, and it appears to be a more western bird, which 

 occasionally straggles into Europe." 



Further, in the "Ibis," iv., p. 319, note, the same author observes: — 

 "We have already recorded our belief in the distinctness of the true 

 T. Naumanni of Temmiack's ' Manual' from Turdus fuscatus, Pallas, 



