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INSECTIVOE^. 



Family TURBID^. 



Genus Turdus. 



BLACK-THROATED THRUSH. 



Turdus atrogularis. 



Turdus atrogularis, Temminck; Man., 1820. 



" " Schinz. 



" Bechsteinii, Natjmann; xi. p. 310, 



pi. 69, f. 1. 



" atrigularis, Schlegel; Bevue, 1844. 



Merula atrogularis, Bonapaete. 



Merle a gorge JYoir, Of the Feench. 



Schioarzlcehlige Drossel, Beehm. 



Specific Characters.— Plumage above greyish olive, below a 

 reddish brown. Face, cheeks, and front of the neck in the male 

 black; in the female, front of the neck red, streaked with black, 

 and with a black spot, horse-shoe-shape, marked out with ash- 

 colour on the breast. In the young, front of the neck white, 

 bordered with black or brown spots. Length about twelve inches. 

 — Degland. 



This bird is an inhabitant of Siberia, whence it 

 occasionally migrates into Russia, Hungary, Silesia, and 

 Austria. Its occurrence, however, is only accidental in 

 Europe, and little or nothing is known of its habits. 

 It ranges south as far as Nepaul. 



