369. Turdus iliacus, Linnaeus.

Gould, Birds of Europe, pl. 78 - Blyth, Cat. 937.

The Redwing Thrush.

Descr. - Above pale brown, with a whitish eyestreak, and the edges of the wing-coverts and quills tipped pale ; beneath white, tinged with ferruginous in parts, and with a dark brown neck-stripe, and streaks of brown on the chin, throat, breast, and sides of abdomen; the sides of the neck, below the nape, pale ferruginous ; a patch of bright rufous beneath each wing, and on the flanks.

Bill dusky ; legs yellow-brown; irides brown. Length 8 1/2 to 9 inches; wing 4 3/4 ; tail 3 1/4 ; bill at front 5/8 ; tarsus 1 1/8.

The Redwing has been lately found in the N. W. Himalayas, but very rarely. But in Kohat, as I am assured by Mr. Blyth, according to a very good observer, the late Lieut. Trotter, it is a regular winter visitant in large flocks. Bonaparte states that the oriental bird differs slightly from the European one, but he has not bestowed upon it a separate specific name.

There are no other true Thrushes, spotted beneath, recorded from the East ; but there are one or two from Africa.