204 NAIIMANX's TIIRrSH. 



Whether the Tardus naumanni of 'reniniiiick is 

 sjjocifically distmct or not from F. fuscatus, Pallas, is 

 a question I think which must be considered settled in 

 the affirmative. But what are we to say of some of 

 those birds which are given in ornithological works as 

 the true T. naumanni. 



M. Jaubert, in his "Richesse Ornithologiques," figures 

 and describes two birds as T. naumanni. One of these 

 is stated to be an adult male, the other a young one. 

 The former was shot by M. Lauzin, in the Commune 

 d'Allauch, in the month of December; the young one 

 by M. Bonifay, in September, 1845. Neither of these 

 birds have the slightest resemblance to the China 

 specimen figured by Dr. Sclater in the "Ibis." M. 

 Jaubert writes with a full knowledge that "Cette Grive 

 voisine du Tardus fuscatus de Pallas." Referring how- 

 ever to Naumann's original figures, it must be confessed 

 that they differ as much from M. Jaubert's as the latter 

 do from Dr. Sclater's! 



Are the figures given by Naumann and that of Dr. 

 Sclater identical? — This question admits, I think, of 

 easy solution. Both Naumann's figures, Plate LXVIII, 

 are young birds, but in the history he gives a most 

 minute account of the adult male, and this description 

 agrees most accurately with the Shangae specimen, 

 from which Dr. Sclater's figure was taken. I have 

 decided, therefore, to give a drawing of this skin, 

 and also a copy of the youngest (No. 2,) of the two 

 figures in Naumann's plate. 



Dr. Schrenck, in his "Amur E-eise," has also described 

 a young male T. naumanni, and pointed out wherein 

 it differs from T. fuscatus, which is very common in 

 that country. Assuming that his account of T. naumanni 

 represents the real bird, it would seem to settle the 



