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tolerably common in the oak and pine-forests of Cashmere, but 

 , only, I j)resume, in the winter. The Fieldfare, as is well known, 

 is gregarious in its habits. According to Gray, Kaup proposed for 

 this bird the generic name of Arceutliornis ; but whether limited to 

 this, or synonymous with Planesticus, I know not. 



Other Eastern Thrushes of this group are T. rufulus, Eyton 

 (modestus, Blyth), from Burmah, the Malayan peninsula, and the 

 Andaman islands ; T. pallid us, Gmel. {daulias, Temm.), P. C. 515, 

 from China, which, judging from the figure, appears to be some- 

 thing similar to Merula castanea ; T. obsciirus, Gmel. (pallens, 

 Pallas), from the North of Asia and China, and which has been 

 killed in Europe; and T. cJiry solans, Temm., from Japan and China, 

 already alluded to. There are several African Thrushes, and many 

 in America. 



Gen. TuRDUS, Lin. (as restricted.) 



Char. — Bill moderate, straight at the base; gently curving at the 

 tip, which is distinctly notched ; rictal bristles short ; wings lono-, 

 with the 3rd and 4th primaries nearly equal, the 2nd a little shorter; 

 tarsus rather short ; feet moderate, claws slightly curved, small. 



The true Thrushes, as typified by the Missel Thrush and the 

 Mavis, or Song Thrush of Europe, are represented in India by two 

 species, only found in the Himalayas during the winter. They 

 have the body beneath much spotted, and the back plain. 



368. Turdus Hodgsoni, Lafresnaye. 



T. viscivorus, LiN., var., — Blyth, Cat. 934 — Horse., Cat. 268. 



The Himalayan Missel-thrush. 



Descr. — Above, pale earthy-brown, with white edgings on the 

 feathers of the middle and greater wing-coverts and of the primary 

 quills ; beneath ferruginous-white, with deep brown streaks and 

 drops, narrow on the throat, wider and somewhat cordate on the 

 breast and belly ; all the tail-feathers, exce[)t the centrals, with the 

 tips and part of the outer webs, whitish, and with some faint dusky 

 bands on their inner webs. 



Bill dusky ; legs dusky-yellow. Length nearly 1 1 inches ; wing 

 6^ ; tail 4^; bill at fn.nt nearly | ; tarsus Ig. 



