S I B J E E I A H T H R U § 1 .
Turdus Sibericus; /Tail/:)
S I B E fit IA N T H B U S H
Tm’dw Siberian«, P a l i
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. This fine and rare The«&h wwi flrfct descri!.*!*! Vr jhnfciiw m is« mhafntaat of Siberia, httg .oh wi&rwoe to the
%orks of tliis author, account of tfliih;tlttRi$Mt & meagre- that. »0 iftfomiatuMi wliailiPiW is given" relative
to its habits and maimers, except that. ’¡fife* irfe#* other -ttMmshm of the genus. it possesses consiiideraide iMWcrfc
of song.
Were we more intimately 'awpKHnted- with its ceopemy, vre doubt ndfc that it would he found to differ in
some slight degree 'from that of the common species* ivs froo/tiie peculiar sulkiness and dark eoloariwf of is a
plumage, together with its shorter tail, we cannot fail to observ'd a considerable difference is their form; and
in all probability the Tkrdiis St&erieut will prove to be the intermediate form connecting the members of the
genus Petrocincla with the true Thrushes, especially if, on investigation, it should he ascertained that the
. bird evinces a partiality for rocky situations.
From Siberia, where it inhabits the wooded mountains, it has been known occasionally to stray into Russia
and the Crimea, and hence it becomes necessary to add it to the list of European birds. Besides these localities
we can also siatej that it is a very common bird in Japan.
The female may be readily distinguished from tlic male by having a lighter-coloured head and neck, which,
with the whole: o f the under-surface, is spotted much after the manner of the typical members of the genjw
Tttrdu*. '
The specimens from which our figures arc taken were kindly forwarded to us by M. Temminck, and mar
be thus deseribe<l:.
Male: forehead, croWii of the beiyt. <uid nape deep black ; over each eye a broad stripe of white; all the
; »¿mainder of the plumage heownifcV black, each feather edged with slaty grey 5. loll and feet brown.
.V-.ifWiiialc'i forehead, crown of the bead, and nape jjteep brown; chin a»d throat rale bajfj. sides of the face
and neck and all the under surfchce slaty grey irregularly spotted ,*««¡11 hrhtte; tips of the leathers on the
centre of the abdomen, vent, and under, tail-coverts tipped with diill white ; primaries add wcoridajries brown;
til* remainder of the plumage as in the male but lighter.
We have figured an adult male and female of the natural size.