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South Andaman. Іп the Hume Collection there is a specimen from Native Sikhim, obtained 
by Mandelli's hunters, a young bird from Nepal is in Hodgson's Coliection, and another from 
Belgaum was collected by Colonel Butler. 
Nor does the species. appear to visit Central Asia in any numbers, as Severtzow says that 
he observed it only near the tower of Vernoje (Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 334). 
From the Burmese Provinces the winter range of M. obscura extends down the Malay 
Peninsula. Numerous specimens from Malacca are in the British Museum, and Mr. Davison 
met with the species at Klang, in Selangore. It also occurs in Sumatra, where Carl Boek obtained 
specimens at Lolo. Though included in the list of Java birds by Dr. Vorderman, there does not 
seem to be any exact record of its capture in that island. 
In Borneo this Ouzel is also known as a winter visitor from northern countries. It has been 
met with in Labuan by Sir Hugh Low and Governor Ussher (Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 338), and 
Mr. John Whitehead says that it passes through the island every year in considerable numbers 
during the М.Е. monsoon (Ibis, 1889, р. 268). On the Lawas River it was obtained by Mr. J.S. 
Jameson and Governor Treacher (Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 254), as well as on Muara Island by 
Governor Ussher (Sharpe, #. с. p. 254). Dr. Guillemard met with it at Silam in Darvel Bay, 
N.E. Borneo (P. Z. S. 1885, p. 415). Mr. Whitehead says that the species was plentiful round Kina 
Balu up to 8000 feet, going in flocks like Redwings, and uttering a note like that of the latter (Ibis, 
1889, p. 268). Dr. Charles Hose has found M. obscura on Mt. Dulit in November at 4000- ' 
5000 feet. 
In the Philippine Islands M. obscura seems not to be rare during its winter flight, and several 
specimens have been received from the neighbourhood of Manila. Mr. Whitehead obtained a 
couple of specimens in December and again in February in the Lepanto district of North Luzon 
(Ogilvie Grant, Ibis, 1895, p. 445), and he met with it again in the highlands of Negros in April 
(id. Ibis, 1896, p. 545). Не writes as follows (Ibis, 1899, p. 212):—“ A winter migrant to the 
Philippines, occurring in large flocks in the high mountains of Luzon and Negros; in the latter 
island it was plentiful as late as the 22nd of April. This Thrush will doubtless be found to extend 
its migrations over the whole of the Philippines, as it is very common further south, in the island of 
Borneo, during the northern winter." Messrs. Worcester and Bourns also record the species from 
Guimaras (Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xx. p. 561). 
So far as is known, the present species has not been found in any of the other islands of the 
Malay Archipelago, but has been recorded by Drs. Hartlaub and Finsch from the Pelew Islands 
(EZS 1872, p. 89). 
Many instances of the occurrence of Merula obscura in Europe are on record. Professor Giglioli 
mentions three instances of its occurrence in Italy: one shot in the neighbourhood of Turin 
in November 1827, and now in the University Museum of that town; a second shot near 
Turin in November in 1828, and preserved in the Pisa Museum—these two specimens being 
the types of Turdus werneri of Gene. A third specimen, caught near Siena in the autumn of 
1878, is in the collection of Prof. Magni-Grifi at Siena (Ibis, 1881, p. 182). Count Salvadori 
and Professor Martorelli, in their account of the Siberian Thrushes which visit Europe on 
occasion (Ornis, 1900, p. 251), mention three more occurrences, viz., in the markets of Rome 
and Milan, and another bird killed at Palaja, in the province of Pisa (Ridolfi, * Avicula, 1897, 
fasc. iii.). ; 
The species has occurred several times in the south of France, and Mr. Eagle Clarke says that 
he noticed specimens in the Marseilles Museum (Ibis, 1895, p. 185). Mr. Dresser, in his ‘Birds of 
Europe’ (vol. ii. p. 72, pl. ix.), mentions the accidental occurrence of this Ouzel on several occasions 
