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TURDUS SIBIRICUS. 



(SIBERIAN THRUSH.) 



Turdus sibiricus, Pall. Reise Russ. iii. App. p. 694 (1776). 



1 Turdus auroreus, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. i. p. 448 (1811). 



Turdus leucocillus, Pall. torn. cit. p. 450 (1811). 



Turdus bechsteinii, Naum. Vog. Deutschl. ii. p. 310 (1822, partim). 



Turdus auroreus, Gloger, Isis, 1828, p. 1041. 



Turdus atrocyaneus, Homeyer, Isis, 1843, p. 604. 



"Turdus mutabilis, Temm.," Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxviii. p. 5 (1854). 



Cycloselys sibiricus, Bp. Cat. Parzud. p. 5 (1856). 



FigurcB notabiles. 



Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 82; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. pi. 69. fig. 2, pi. 363; Temm. & Schl. 

 Faun. Jap on. pi. 31. 



6 ad. pileo et capitis lateribus nigris, plumis saturate schistaceo marginatis : stria superciliari magna alba : 

 corpore supra saturate ultramarino-schistaceo fere nigro, plumis ceutraliter nigris : remigibus nigris, 

 extus ultramarino-schistaceo marginatis et ad basin in pogonio interno albis : cauda nigra vix schistaceo 

 tincta, rectrice extima utrinque in pogonio interno albo apicata : subtiis ut supra coloratus, sed in 

 abdomine pallidior, abdomine centrali albo, subcaudalibus saturate schistaceis albo terminatis : rostro 

 nigro-corneo, ad basin pallidiore : iride fusca : jDedibus pallide brunneis. 



2 ad. supra brunnea vix olivaceo tincta, pileo saturatiore, stria superciliari angustiore et pallide flavo-cervina 

 nee alba. : remigibus saturate fascis, extus rufescente olivaceo marginatis : tectricibus alarum brimneo- 

 ocbraceo apicatis, remigibus ad basin pogonii interni flavido-albis : cauda saturate fusca vix olivaceo 

 lavata, rectrice extima utrinque in pogonio interno albo apicata : capitis lateribus albis oehraceo 

 tinctis et fusco notatis : mento flavo-albido, utrinque stria fusca notato : corpore subtiis albo, gutture 

 oehraceo lavato : gutture, pectore et hypochondriis fasciis semilunatis notatis : abdomine centrali albo : 

 subcaudalibus albis, fusco notatis. 



Adult Male (Chefoo, May) . Crown and sides of the head deep black, the feathers margined with dark slate ; 

 over and behind the eye is a broad, pure white streak ; upper parts very dark bluish slate, almost black, 

 the shafts and central portions of most of the feathers being black; tail black with a slate-blue tinge, 

 the outermost rectrix with the terminal portion of the inner web white; quills blackish, externally 

 margined with slate-blue, all except the outermost quills with a large patch of white on the basal 

 portion of the inner web, which forms an oblique white band across the undersurface of the wing; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries white, tipped with dark slate ; throat and upper breast coloured like 

 the back, but becoming paler towards the vent ; centre of the abdomen white ; under tail-coverts dark 

 slate, tipped with white ; bill blackish horn, lighter at the base ; iris dark brown ; legs light brown. 

 Total length about 9 inches, culmen 0'85, wing 4"65, tail 3"45, tarsus T2. 



Adult Female (Java). Upper parts warm hair-brown with a faint olivaceous tinge; crown darker, and the 



