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The species is not recorded from any part of the Burmese countries, nor from the Himalayas ; 
but the late W. R. Davison obtained a young male bird, undoubtedly referable to this species, on 
Singapore Island on the 24th of June, a date which suggests that the individual in question had 
been injured in some way and was therefore unable to take part in the northward migration of the 
previous spring (Hume, Stray F. viii. p. 156). 
Naumann's Thrush has occurred in many parts of Eastern and Central Europe (cf. Martorelli, 
Ornis, 1901, pp. 258-261), 
Adult male. General colour above dark ashy-brown with a ruddy tinge, some of the feathers of 
the back and scapulars having more or less concealed cinnamon bases to the feathers; wing-coverts 
dark ashy-brown, the greater coverts narrowly fringed with ashy-fulvous, whitish at the ends; 
bastard-wing and primary-coverts dark sepia-brown, fringed with ashy, the margins more fulvous in 
tint on the inner secondaries, which are whitish towards the ends ; upper tail-coverts pale cinnamon 
in the centre, broadly edged with ashy-brown ; centre tail-feathers sepia-brown, the others cinnamon 
on the inner webs, this colour increasing in extent towards the outermost, so that the latter have only 
a little brown near the tips; all the feathers with a small white margin at the end; lores dusky, 
surmounted by a distinct eyebrow of pale cinnamon, like the sides of the face and cheeks, the 
ear-coverts being dark ashy-grey; sides of neck light cinnamon; throat cinnamon, with whitish 
edges to the feathers, separated from the cheeks by a line of triangular spots: fore-neck and breast, 
as well as the sides of the body and the under tail-coverts, light cinnamon, the feathers edged with 
hoary white, producing a mottled appearance; centre of breast and abdomen pure white; under 
wing-coverts and axillaries orange-rufous ; quills dusky below, ashy on the inner webs, which 
have a slight orange tinge. Total length 9:5 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 2'1, tail 3:5, tarsus 1:3, 
Adult female. Similar to the male, but a little darker brown above, and not showing the pale 
cinnamon bases to the feathers; the eyebrow and sides of face very pale cinnamon-buff; ear-coverts 
uniform dark brown; cheeks and throat whitish, tinged with cinnamon; a very broad malar stripe of 
triangular black spots, the throat and fore-neck also marked with the same black spots; breast and 
sides of body ashy-brown, with pale cinnamon bases to the feathers, which have blackish spots or 
streaks, the latter being very pronounced on the flanks; centre of breast and abdomen white ; 
the under tail-coverts pale cinnamon, with white edges; under wing-coverts and axillaries orange. 
Total length 8:5 inches, culmen 0:8, wing 4:85, tail 9:1, tarsus 1:2. 
The specimens described are in winter plumage, and the summer dress appears to be attained 
by the wearing off of the hoary-grey margins to the feathers. I can detect no evidence of a moult in 
any of the specimens killed in spring. 
I have no evidence from the series in the British Museum that the o!d female ever gets an 
exactly similar plumage to the male, 7. 6, а rufous throat and chest or a rufous eyebrow. All 
the specimens have a white or reddish-white throat, with a well-defined malar band of triangular 
black spots, the throat having also some small spots of the same character. Тһе number of black 
spots on the chest and the sides of the breast and flanks varies considerably, and they seem to 
be more prevalent in young birds. Hybrids appear to be rare, but one female bird from Ningpo, 
and three birds from the mouth of the Amur, seem to me to be undoubted crosses between 
М. naumanni ала М. J'uscata. | 
The pair of birds described and figured are from the Gulf of the Amur in the Seebohm 
Collection; they were obtained by the Brothers Dörries. [R. B. 5] 
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