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Show lO/y.J MR. H. SEEBOHM ON SOME ASIATIC THRUSHES. 803 the horns are very symmetrical, as a rule, and are set somewhat as in the present specimen. Unfortunately nothing can be learned of the history of these Abnormal horns of Chamois. curious horns, excepting that they were bought by Captain Towneley Parker at Niirenberg. Probably the animal was killed in the Bavarian highlands, where Chamois are still tolerably numerous**. 6. O n certain obscure Species of Siberian, Indian, and Chinese Thrushes. By H E N R Y S E E B O H M. [Eeceived December 16, 1879.] (Plate LXIV.) In the year 1833 Tickell described (J. A. S. Beng. ii. p. 577) a Thrush from India under the name of Turdus unicolor. In 1837 Gould described the same species (P. Z. S. v. p. 136), and, curiously enough, gave it the same name. In 1842 Blyth, apparently thinking it impossible that an accidental coincidence of name could be accom- 1 Konig-Warthausen, Jahresb. Ver. Naturk. Wiirtt. 1875, p. 314. |