. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . principal points of difference between T. nau-manni and T. fuscatus, as laid down by Dr. Schrenck,are a much clearer brownish olive grey on the upperplumage in the former, by the rusty-coloured shaft spotson each feather, the blackish and rusty brown spotson the crop and breast, the rusty arrow-shaped spotson the flanks and sides of the breast, the smaller rustybrown borders on the greater wing coverts and underprimaries, and the broad rusty on the outer tail must be borne in mind, however, that Dr. Schrenckonl
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . principal points of difference between T. nau-manni and T. fuscatus, as laid down by Dr. Schrenck,are a much clearer brownish olive grey on the upperplumage in the former, by the rusty-coloured shaft spotson each feather, the blackish and rusty brown spotson the crop and breast, the rusty arrow-shaped spotson the flanks and sides of the breast, the smaller rustybrown borders on the greater wing coverts and underprimaries, and the broad rusty on the outer tail must be borne in mind, however, that Dr. Schrenckonly got one specimen, and that resembles the firstfigure in Naumanns plate, and the second in the des-cription I have quoted. His specimen is in spring ^10 naumanns thrush. plumage, having been sliot on the 17th. (29th.) ofApril He describes T. fuscatus as very well drawn by Gouldas T. naumanni, which makes my figure taken fromhis work a fair representation of that bird. Howeverdifferent they may be, I am still of opinion that theyare ve7y closely allied to each SIBERIAN THRUSH. 211 Family TURD ID u^.Genus TURDUS. SIBERIAN THRUSH. Ttirdus sihiricus. Turdus sihiricus, leucocillus,OyaJiloselys sihiricus, 3Ierula sihirica,Oreocincla sihirica. Gmeltist. Pallas; Fauna Eossica. BoisTAPAETE; Ex. Gm. Cat. Parz., ; ; Ex. Gra. Eicli. Orn., p. 202. Specific Characters.—{J^^Qv plumage bluish black; a pure whitestripe from the forehead above the eye to the occiput; spots onthe crop and abdomen black upon a white ground. Length nineinches. This bird is, as its name implies, an inhabitant ofSiberia, but it has occurred a sufficient number oftimes in Europe to merit a place in its avi-fauna, We have the authority of Pallas for its occurrencein Southern Russia; of Professor Blasius for its appear-ance in Germany; and M. Jaubert, in his ^Richesses 212 SIBERIAN THRUSH. Ornithologiques, mentions two instances of its havingbeen captured in France. Homeyer has desc
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