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cage-bird in the towns of the Punjab; said to be imported from 
Afghanistan. Not a native of the Western Himalayas; as far 
westward as Peshawur, but probably found in the Hindoo Coosh 
Chain 93 (P. Z. S. 1858, p. 490; vide also J. A. S. B. xvi. 780). 
Col. Tytler, in his “ Pauna of Barrackpoore,” remarks that u the 
Turdus atrogularis and Merula boulboul sometimes make their 
appearance, but this is very rarely the case; I only saw one of 
each species” (Ann. Mag. N. H. 1854, xiii. 370). Not long 
ago I repeatedly heard a wild English Blackbird give the exact 
song-note of M. boulboul , at least of one which I long kept in a 
cage; but I have heard no other English Blackbird do so. The 
song of the Himalayan Blackbird is equally mellow, but much 
less deep in tone. M. castanea occurs in Afghanistan. The 
Turdus javanicus, Horsfield (T. fumidus, A. Muller), might range 
either in Merula or Geocichla ; it is uniform brownish-slaty, with 
rufous belly. 
364. Planesticus ruficollis (Pallas) ; Badde, Reisen &c. 
ii. taf. viii. 
Occurs in Afghanistan. 
365. Planesticus atrogularis (Temm.); Merula leuco - 
gaster, nobis (olim), founded on a drawing of a very dark speci¬ 
men of an old male. 
366. Planesticus euscatus. 
Herr Radde figures what he considers to be a hybrid between 
this species and P. ruficollis (Reisen &c. ii. taf. vii. a) ( vide 
N. H. Review, 1865, p. 464). 
372. Oreocincla nilgiriensis, Blyth; Zoothera imbricata, 
Layard, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1854, xiii, p. 212. 
Identified from the specimen in the British Museum described 
by Mr. E. L. Layard. Thus both this species and Turdulus 
wardi have been described as belonging to the genus Zoothera, 
which genus I regard as merely a further developed Oreocincla , 
rather than as appertaining to the oriental division of the 
Myiotherine series. 
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