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shade of which overspreads the chest and even the grey on the sides of the body. Total length 
8:4 inches, culmen 1:0, wing 4:9, tail 3:4, tarsus 1:25. 
As with other Thrushes of this group, the young male after its first moult greatly resembles the 
adult female, but is distinguished by light tips to the greater coverts. А young female after its first 
moult, but showing light spots on the greater coverts, is very like the female of M. obscura, but the 
breast and sides of the body show a little grey, though this is entirely overshaded with ochreous- 
brown. The uniform russet-brown head and back serve to distinguish M. few even in the young 
plumage. 
Тһе birds described are an adult male from Loi Мау, in the Shan States, and a female from 
Muleyit. The latter bird is figured, along with a male bird from Shillong. [R. B. 8, 
