MERULA CARDIS (Тетт.. 
GREY JAPANESE OUZEL. 
Turdus cardis, Temm. РІ. Col. ii. pl. 518; id. & Schl. Faun. Japon. p. 65, pls. ххіх., ххх.; 
Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 367; David & Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 150 (1877); Blakist. & Pryer, 
Ibis, 1878, p. 240; Stejn. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xv. p. 314 (1892). 
Merula cardis, Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 261 (1881); id. B. Japan Emp. р. 45 
(1890). 
М. rostro et pedibus flavis: pectore medio et abdomine albis: corporis lateribus aurantiacis vel brunneis, minimé 
vinaceis, et nigro guttatis: axillaribus griseis (4) vel aurantiacis ($). 
Тнів pretty Ouzel is an inhabitant of Japan in summer, wintering in China and Hainan. 
It is said by Blakiston to be found in Yezo and Ј арап generally (Amended List B. Japan, p. 16, 
1884), and specimens are in the British and United States National Museums from Hakodate 
(Henson, Blakiston) and Sapporo (Blakiston) іп Yezo, from Nagasaki in Kiusiu (Ringer), and from 
Fuji in Hondo (./ошу, H. Pryer). 
Messrs. Blakiston and Pryer state that the species breeds commonly оп Mt. Fujisan. Тһе late 
P. L. Jouy speaks of it as being a lowland Thrush. Не found nests at F 
of June and early in July, all around the base of the mountain ; here it was quite common, but he 
did not meet with it at any other place, 
Abbé David and Dr. Oustalet state that the species occurs in Amur Land in summer, but 
I have not discovered any authority for this fact; they likewise remark on its non-appearance 
near Pekin. Dr. Stejneger, however, mentions a specimen procured by Jouy at Fusan, Corea, 
in April 1886. It visits Southern China during the winter (Ois. Chine, p. 150, 1877). Consul 
Swinhoe also records it as being found in flocks on the south coast of China, as far as 
Canton (P. 2. S. 1863, p. 280). Near the latter place he noticed these Ouzels passing north 
in February and March (Ibis, 1860, p. 132). Mr. F. W. Styan records M. cardis from Foochow, 
where Mr. De La Touche also met with it from November to April; it was, however, not common 
in the neighbourhood (Ibis, 1887, p. 217). Specimens procured by Mr. C. B. Rickett in the 
same area have been presented by him to the British Museum, which also possesses specimens 
collected by Swinhoe at Hong Kong and Amoy (March and April) as well as in Hainan. Here, 
says Swinhoe, “I saw this Thrush, early in February, about the gardens at Kiungchow-foo, and on 
the 20th of that month at Tai-ping-sze, in Central Hainan, I secured a fine male in full adult black 
and white plumage " (Ibis, 1870, p. 248). 
Messrs. Blakiston and Pryer state that the present species sings beautifully. The nests taken 
on Fujisan were made * almost wholly of moss, and often placed on a stump or built against the 
side of a tree. The eggs were five, of a greenish or reddish white, patched all over with umber- 
brown." 
Jouy describes the nest as follows :—* It is generally placed in the fork of a small tree 
overhanging a stream, and is composed of moss and roots woven into a compact mass, with the 
addition of dried leaves and mud to give it solidity. It is lined with grass, fine rootlets, and 
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