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tudinal spots. He also makes the superciliary band deep red both in 

 male and female, thus differing from both T. Naumanni and T. fuscatus. 



Radde's figure is deej) red on the throat and neck, the flanks, upper 

 tail coverts, and entire tail of a lighter red, and the abdomen pure 

 unspotted white. 



There can be no doubt, I think, that these difierences are due to 

 sex and age, and probably partly to intercrossing. I 'will give the 

 characteristics of each in opposite columns, so that there may be no 

 difficulty in distinguishing them from each other. 



Table of Comparative Specific Differences between Turdus Naumanni, T. fuscatus, 

 and T. ruficollis. The two first drawn from male specimens supplied to tbe 

 author by Kobert Swinhoe, Esq. 





T. Naumanni, Tem. 



T. fuscatus. Pall. 



T. ruficollis. Pall. 





adult male. 



adult male 



fi-om Naumann. 



Head. 



Olive brown at top, with Black, each feather bor- 



Top of head and cheeks 





indistinct darker longi- 



dered with olive. Super- 



grey. Superciliary streak 





tudinal markings. Su- 



ciliary streak broad and 



deep red. 





perciliary streak cream 



cream colour. Cheeks 







colour. Cheeks olive. 



black. 





Neck and throat. 



Light rufous, with two or 



Cream colour, the spots 



Deep red, with one line of 





three rows of dark spots 



on the side fewer and 



small black spots on the 





enclosed by a broad dark 



smaller. 



side of neck from gape. 





brown band passing 









from each lower band 









downwards and out- 









wards. 







Chest. 



Rufous, indistinctly 



Cream coloiir above, black 



Deep red. 





spotted. 



brown below. 





Abdomen and 



Dirty white, spotted with 



Creamy white, covered 



White. 



under tail coverts. 



rufous. 



more thickly on the 

 flanks with black brown 





- 





spots. 





Tail. 



Two upper feathers dark 



Dark brown, the basal half 



Red, the two upper 





olive. Eest of feathers 



of each feather, except 



feathers grey. 





same, with the outer 



the two tipper ones, dark 







webs broadly rufous. 



rufous. 





Upper parts. 



Back and scapidaries olive 



Back above dark olive. 



Entirely light olive brown. 





brown. Greater wing 



mottled with dark brown. 



Lesser wing coverts bor- 





coverts olive edged with 



Below dark olive brown, 



dered with grey. Pri- 





cream colour. Second- 



mixed with dark rufous ; 



maries darker. 





aries olive. Primaries 



wing, when closed, dark 







olive brown, the outer 



rusty red in the middle. 







webs slightly fringed 



The lesser wing coverts 







with cream colour. 



edged with white, and 







Eump rufous, mixed 



the lower third of wing 







with olive. Carpal joint 



dark brown. Rump 







cream colour. 



dark olive, with red 

 longitudinal markings. 





Length. 



9f inches. 



91- inches. 



9| to 10 inches. 



From carpal joint 









to tip of wing. 



5 inches. 



5-| inches. 



5| to 5f inches. 



Tail. 



3J inches. 



3f inches. 



3f to 4 inches. 



Beak from gape. 



1 inch. 



1 inch. 



li inches. 



Tarsus. 



1^ inches. 



1^ inches. 



IJ inches. 



