532 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



This bird, which so closely resembles the Missel Thrush of Europe, 

 has been separated on account of its larger size ; the bill is longer ; 

 the colour less rufous above, and less tinged with ferruginous 

 beneath, and the throat and breast are also less streaked. It has only- 

 been taken in the N. W. Himalayas, Specimens from Mussooree 

 and Kumaon are in our Museums. I did not procure it in 

 Sikhim. 



369. Turdus iliacus, Linn^us. 



Gould, Birds of Europe, pi. 78— Blyth, Cat. 937. 



The Redwing Thrush. 



Descr. — Above pale brown, with a whitish eyestreak, and the 

 edges of the wing-coverts and quills tipped pale ; beneath white, 

 tinged with ferruginous in parts, and with a dark brown neck-stripe, 

 and streaks of brown on the chin, throat, breast, and sides of 

 abdomen ; the sides of the neck, below the nape, pale ferrugin- 

 ous ; a patch of bright rufous beneath each wing, and on the 

 Hanks. 



Bill dusky ; legs yellow-brown ; irides brown. Length 8^ to 9 

 inches; wing 4| ; tail 3;^ ; bill at front f ; tarsus 1|-. 



The Redwing has been lately found in the N. W. Himalayas, 

 but very rarely. But in Kohat, as I am assured by Mr. Blyth, 

 according to a very good observer, the late Lieut. Trotter, it is a 

 regular winter visitant in large flocks. Bonaparte states that the 

 oriental bird differs slightly from the European one, but he has not 

 bestowed upon it a separate specific name. 



There are no other true Thrushes, spotted beneath, recorded 

 from the East ; but there are one or two from Africa. 



Gen. Oreocincla, Gould. 



Char.— Bill usually lengthened, strong, moderately hooked at 

 the tip and notched ; wing long, 3rd and 4th quills longest ; tail 

 in some species with fourteen feathers, in others Avith twelve ; toes 

 long ; plumage soft and silky, usually mottled above and spotted 

 beneath. 



