2 
BIHDS OF BRITISH BUHMAH. 
sides of the body ochraceous ; abdomen^ vent and under tail-coverts white ; 
under wing-coverts and axillaries pale grey. 
The female is like the male^ but has the lores brown ; the supercilium^ 
chin and a line down the throat huffy white ; the ear-coverts are dark 
brown_, striped with bufiy ; a buffy white line runs from the bill under the 
ear-coverts^ and a brown one between this and the throat ; the top of the 
head is coloured like the back. 
Young birds have the upper parts striped with ochraceous^ and the wing- 
coverts have tips of the same colour. The feathers of the breast have 
broad brown tips. 
Iris olive-brown ; eyelids greenish ; upper mandible dark brown ; lower 
mandible and gape yellow ; inside of mouth yellow ; legs yellowish brown ; 
claws horn-colour. 
Length 8*6 inches,, tail 3"5^ wing 4'8^ tarsus 1*2^ bill from gape 1*1. 
Mr. Hume^s dimensions of this bird are considerably larger. The above 
are the measurements of a female shot in Pegu. The males are rather 
larger. 
The Dark Ouzel is recorded from Arrakan by Mr. Blyth. I procured 
one specimen in Pegu^ at Kyeikpadein, in April. Mr. Davison appears 
to have found it common in Tenasserim from north to souths alike in the 
hills and plains. It is a winter visitor to Burmah^ and it extends at that 
season of the year to China^ Northern India^ the Indo-Burmese countries^ 
the Malay peninsula^ and the larger islands as far as J ava. 
It summers in Siberia^ and Mr. Seebohm found the nest in the valley 
of the Yenesay in June. Occasionally this Ouzel straggles into Europe. 
Mr. Davison mentions that this bird is found in flocks^ feeds on the 
ground^ and leaves Tenasserim before the end of March. 
2. MERULA PALLIDA. 
THE PALE OUZEL. 
Tardus pallidus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 815 ; Wald. in Bl. B. Burm. p. 99 ; JDav. et 
Oust. Ois. Chine^ p. 151 ; Hume 8f Dav. S. Feath. vi. p. 253 ; Hmne, 8. F. viii. 
p. 94. Turdus daulias, Temm, PI. Col. 515. Merula pallida, Seebohm^ 
Cat. Birds B. Mus. v. p. 274. 
Description. — Male. Whole upper plumage rich ruddy brown, the head 
darker and shaded with slaty and the forehead bright ; lores black ; cheeks 
and ear-coverts, chin and throat slaty brown, darker on the ear-coverts ; 
sides of the neck and breast like the back, but paler, and washed with 
white on the centre of the breast ; abdomen^ vent and under tail-coverts 
pure white, the latter marked with brown ; flanks and sides of the body 
