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TURDUS OBSCURUS. 



(DUSKY THRUSH.) 



Bark Thrush, Lath. Synopsis, ii. p. 31. no. 24 (1783). 



Turdus obscurus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 816 (1788, ex Lath.). 



Tardus pattens, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. i. p. 457 (1811). 



Turdus seyffertitzii, C. L. Brehm, Lehrb. eur. Vog. ii. p. 972 (1824). 



Turdus rufulus, Drapiez, Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat. x. p. 443 (1826). 



Turdus verneri, Gene, Mem. Ac. R. Tor. xxxvii. p. 296, pi. 2 (1834). 



Turdus pallidus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. iii. p. 97 (1835). 



Turdus modestus, Eyton, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 103. 



Turdus javanicusl, Horsf. apud Blyth, Cat. Mus. As. .Soc. p. 161. no. 942 (1849, nee Horsf.). 



Turdus dubius, aliq. apud Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 273 (1850, nee Bechst.). 



Planesticus olscurus (Gm.), Bp. Cat. Parzud. p. 5 (1856). 



Turdus davidianus, Milne-Edw. Nouv. Arch. i. Bull. p. 26 (1865). 



Geocichla obscura (Gm.), Jerdon, Ibis, 1872, p. 136. 



Merle pale, French; Masse Drossel, German; Vale Lijster, Dutch. 



Figurce notabiles. 

 Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 18. fig. 11; Naumann. Vog. Deutschl. taf. 357; Schlegel, Vog. 

 Nedeii. pi. 110 ; Temm. & Schl. Fauna Japon. pi. 27. 



3 ad. pileo et nucha saturate schistaceo-fuscis : dorso, scapularibus, tectricibus alarum et uropygio olivaceo- 

 fuscis : cauda saturate fusca, rectrice extima, utrinque albido apicata : remigibus fuscis, extus olivaceo 

 marginatis : stria superciliari, mento et vitta magna suboculari albis : capitis lateribus et collo reliquo 

 schistaceis, loris et gutture supremo nigro-schistaceis : pectore et hypochondriis sordide cervino- 

 aurantiacis : corpore reliquo subtus albo, subcaudalibus cinereo-fasco notatis : maxilla nigro-cornea, 

 mandibula flava, nigro-corneo apicata : iride fusca : pedibus fusco incarnatis. 



2 ad. mari similis seel corpore supra sordidiore, nee capite et collo schistaceo coloratis sed ciuereo-fuscis, stria 

 superciliari cervino-albida, mento et gula cum colli lateribus albis, stria magna, utrinque in gulae 

 lateribus fusca, : corpore reliquo subtus sicut in mare, sed vix sordidiore. 



Juv. capite et corpore suprk olivaceis ocliraceo guttatis, plumis saturatiore apicatis : subtus albus : gutture et 

 pectore profuse fusco guttatis : hypochondriis sordide aurantiacis, stria superciliari minus distincta et 

 flavido-alba. 



Adult Male (Yennesei, 7th June) . Crown and nape dark slate-brown ; back, wing-coverts, scapulars, and 

 rump warm olivaceous brown; tail dark brown, the outer tail-feathers on each side with a narrow 

 whitish tip; quills dark brown, with narrow olivaceous external margins; a distinct stripe over the 

 eye, chin, and a wide patch under the eye joining the chin pure white; rest of the head and neck slate- 



