2V2 STHERTAN THRUSH. 



Ornithologiques," mentions two instances of its having 

 been captured in France. Ilomeyer has described it 

 as T. atro-cyaneus, upon the authority of a fine specimen 

 killed in the north of Germany. 



In Dr. Sclater's excellent paper on the "Geographical 

 Distribution of the genus Tardus^'' ("Ibis," vol. iii, p. 

 278,) we find T. sihiricus in the pala^arctic region, 

 appearing in Siberia, Amoor Land, Japan, and China; 

 and we have its occurrence in these countries verified 

 by Mr. Swinhoe and other writers. Dr. Schrenck, 

 however, does not mention it in his "Amur Heise." 



Of its habits and nidification I am unable to say 

 anything. 



Temminck's description of this bird is as follows: — 

 The adult male. The whole plumage of a dark bluish 

 black; the throat and front of the neck a deep black; 

 very large eyebrows of a pure white; the wing and 

 tail feathers of a dull black, but all the wing feathers 

 white upon the inner webs, forming an oblique band 

 upon the internal surface of these parts; the three 

 lateral feathers of the tail and the under coverts 

 terminated by a little white spot; beak black; feet 

 brown. Length nine inches. 



The adult female has the throat whitish, marked 

 with little brown dots, and the lateral part of the 

 throat framed by a longitudinal black band; the cheeks 

 speckled with whitish brown; the large band of the 

 eyebrow a yellowish white. The rest like the male. 



The young of the year differ considerably in the 

 colours of their plumage. All the upper parts of an 

 olive brown; the wings and tail a deep brown, the 

 primaries having on their inner web a tint of russet 

 white; the eyebrows a yellowish white, marked with 

 brown streaks; throat and cheeks of a reddish white. 



