54 8IBEBJAN THRUSH. 



INSECTIYOR^. 



Fmnilt/ TURDID^. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Turdus. fLinncBus.J 



SIBERIAN THRUSH. 



Tardus siJnricus. 



Turdus sibiricus, Gmelin. 



" leucociUus, Pallas; Fauna Rossica. 



Cychloselys sibiricus, Bonaparte; Ex. Gm. Cat. Parz., 1856. 



MeruJa sibirica, Bonaparte; 1850. 



Oreocinda sibirica, Jaubert; Ex. Gm. Rich. Orn., p. 202. 



Specific Characters. — Plumage bluish black; a pure white stripe from the 

 forehead above the eye to the occiput; some of the feathers on the 

 lower part of abdomen white, with black spots on each side; under tail 

 coverts white barred with black. Length nine inches. 



This bird is, as its name implies, an inhabitant of Siberia, but it 

 has occurred a sufficient number of times in Europe to merit a place 

 in its avi-fauna. 



We have the authority of Pallas for its occurrence in Southern 

 Russia; of Professor Blasius for its appearance in Germany; and M. 

 Jaubert, in his "Richesses Ornithologiques," mentions two instances of 

 its having been captured in France. Homeyer has described it as 

 T. atro-cyaneus, upon the authority of a fine specimen killed in the 

 north of Germany. 



In Dr. Sclater's excellent paper on the '^ Geographical Distribution 

 of the genus Turdus,'''' ("Ibis," vol. iii., p. 278,) we find T. sihiricvs 

 in the palsearctic region, appearing in Siberia, Amoor Land, Japan, 

 and China; and we have its occurrence in these countries verified by 

 Mr. Swinhoe and other writers. Dr. Schrenck, however, does not 

 mention it in his "Amur Reise." 



