AVES. 93 



Planesticus atrogularis, Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 192 (1873) ; Scully^ Str. F. iv. p. 140 



(1876). 

 Turdus atriffularis, Seyertz. TuYkest. Jevotn. pp. 64, 118 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 332; Blanf. 



East. Persia, ii. p. 158 (J876) ; Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 53; C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 105; 



Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 40 (1885). 

 Turdus my st acinus, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. 64, 118, 119 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 332; 



Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 70; Menzbier, Ibis, 1885, p. 356. 



Nos. 924, 926, 927. Sanju, October 29, 1873. 



No. 928. Khushtagh, November 2, 1873. 



No. 971. Karghalik, November 6, 1873. — Native name " Shackshak." 



Nos. 1082, 1084. Tarkand, November 28, 1873. 



Nos. 1099, 1109. Yangiliissar, December 1, 2, 1873. 



No. 1128. Kashghar, December 10, 1873. 



Nos. 1220, 1221. Kashghar, January 21, 1874 



No. 1297. Kashghar, February 2, 1874. 



No. 1237. Maralbashi, January, 1874. 



Dr. Stoliczka states in his ' Diary ' that this Thrush was very numerous near Khushtagh on 

 the 2nd of November, feeding on the seeds of Meagnus. It was again common near Yangi- 

 hissar on the 1st of December. 



Colonel Biddulph records it from Yarkand on the 26th of November, and from Maral- 

 bashi in January. He writes as follows : — '* Eirst seen at Sanju in November. It was 

 common about Kashghar all through the winter. I also obtained a specimen at Maralbashi, 

 but I never saw it in Wakhan or on the Pamir, though we again found it when in May we 

 returned to the plains of Yarkand." 



Dr. Henderson met with this species in October from Ohagra (15,000 feet) above the 

 Pangong Lake, throughout Ladak and Kashmir, and by November it was widely spread over 

 the plains of the Punjab. 



Dr. Scully writes : — " This species was first met with at Sulaghz Langar in September, 

 and was a common bird in the plains, in the neighbourhood of Kashghar, Yarkand, &c., 

 during the winter. It was usually seen about trees lining water-courses or growing near 

 tanks. The bird disappeared entirely in spring, migrating in a north-easterly direction, 

 towards the hills and the Jot district, it is said, where it was reported to breed. It feeds 

 chiefly on JEleagnus-hevxies called ' jigda ' in Turki, and commonly known as ' Trebizond 

 dates ' ; hence its name ' Jigda chuk,' i. e. ' Jigda-eater.' " 



194. Merula unicolor. 



Merula unicolor (Tick.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 271 (1881) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 



ii. p. 132 (1890). 

 Geocichla unicolor (Tick.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 192 (1873). 



Nos. 194, 218, 219, 222, 225, 226. Srinagar, July 28-31, 1873.— Native name "Kastiir." 



Colonel Biddulph also obtained this Ouzel near Srinagar in July, and again at Baramula 

 on the 1st of August, but did not ohserve it out of Kashmir. Dr. Henderson states that it 

 was very common in the latter country, but was not seen beyond the Zoji-la. 



