44 PASSERES. 



p. 144). There are a score or more examples in the Pryer collection, 

 and Mr. Ringer has procured it near Nagasaki. 



White's Thrush breeds in East Siberia and North China, and is an 

 accidental visitor to Europe and the British Islands. 



2. GEOCICHLA SIBIRICA. 



(SIBERIAN GROUND-THRUSH.) 



Turdus sihiricm, Pallas, Reise Buss. Reichs, iii. p. 694 (1776). 



The male of the Siberian Ground-Thrush is greyish black, with a 

 white eye-stripe ; the female is olive-brown, with white spots on the 

 underparts ; both sexes are typically Geocichline in the white pattern 

 on the under surface of the wings. 



Figures : Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. 31 

 (female) ; Dresser, Birds of Europe, ii. pi. 12 (male and female). 



There is no authentic record of the occurrence of the Siberian 

 Ground-Thrush on the island of Yezzo (Blakiston, Amended List of 

 the Birds of Japan, p. 58) ; but it breeds in some numbers on the 

 mountains of the main island. I have three examples collected 

 by Mr. Jouy on Fuji-yama, and there are twelve examples in the 

 Pryer collection from the same locality (Blakiston and Pryer, Trans. 

 As. Soc. Japan, 1882, p. 164) . 



The Siberian Ground-Thrush breeds in Eastern Siberia, and is 

 only an accidental visitor to Europe. It is said to have occurred 

 once in the British Islands. 



Eggs said to be of this species in the Pryer collection resemble 

 those of the Ring-Ouzel, but are smaller. 



Mr. Jouy found this bird quite as shy and retiring on Fuji-yama 

 as I found it in the valley of the Yenesay. It frequents the deep 

 woods, and in Japan is found as high as 5000 feet above the sea- 

 level (Jouy, Proc. United States Nat.' Mus. 1883, p. 278). It is a 

 fine songster. 



3. GEOCICHLA TERRESTRIS. 

 (KITTLITZ'S GROUND-THRUSH.) 



Turdus terrestris, Kittlitz, M^m. pr&entes a I'Acad. Imp. des Sciences de 

 St. P^tersb.par divers savans, 1830, p. 244. 



Kittlitz's Ground-Thrush agrees with every other species of Geo- 



