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The from it recordsAdams and Simla, at onceoccurred has Jerdon, Fieldfare,accordingto ‘Theincorrectly.that, (1890) noted Oates informationtranscribedJerdonthe that common.’ likely seems It pretty forests; oak or pine particularly ranges, Cashmere the of T.viscivorus ThrushMistlethe forspecies,whereas the ofmention no made b) (1859a, Adams by publications relevant only the However, pine-forestsandCashmere,winter.’ presume,only,theofbut in I oaktolerablyHimalayas. theiscommon in recordsAdamsit that hasbeenrecently found, though onceonly, Simla,atW.the N.in their about expressed Europe of Fieldfare ‘The been that, noted (1862)authenticity. Jerdon has doubt but exist, occurrence America North (Clement &Hathway2000). and Japan, (Kansu), have China Arabia, vagrants in Asia; occurred south-western and Europe southern and western in winters Transbaikalia.It and Siberia central and west black loresandneck-patchbrownlegs[65,66]. flanks; and breast throat, spotted heavily on rusty-ochre washed head, bluish-grey the are photos the the from discerned (2005)be can that Anderton features diagnostic & Rasmussen by provided description thatthe Fieldfare a was photo suggested the in Inskipp bird Tim Recently, identification. with help requesting (http://indianbirdsphotography.blogspot.co.uk) one of these was posted on the Indian Birds Photography website was not identified at the time but several photos were taken and was seen in foraging a bamboo just grove adjacent to the river. It it and thrush a was 2011.bird TheMarch, 26 on TeestaRiver), O 65 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris . Fieldfare Building, Room 230A, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2M8 Canada. T6G 2M8 AB, Edmonton, Alberta, of University 230A, Room Building, n h Ida Sbotnn, nme o od eot o its of reports old of number a Subcontinent, Indian the In to east Europe central and northern in breeds species The ajeig itit f et egl o te ih bn of bank right the on in Bengal, West town of district small Darjeeling (a Bazaar Teesta at photographed and spotted was bird a Sikkim, to trip a from back way my n he noted, ‘In the forests and in sequesteredvalleysin andforests the ‘In noted, he . weak white supercilium, white under parts parts under white supercilium, white weak . from the Indian Subcontinent Bsd n the on Based pilaris. Turdus Ticehurst, C. B., 1940. Systematic notes on Indian birds - VIII. 25. On some forms for forms some On 25. VIII. - birds Indian on notes Systematic 1940. B., C. Ticehurst, P.Rasmussen, J. C., 2012. C., & Anderton, Oates, E. W., 1890. Joshua, J., Soni, H., Joshi, N. M., & Joshi, P. N., 2005. Sighting of Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) T.Jerdon, 1862.C., Clement, P., & Hathway, R., 2000. R., Hathway, P.,& Clement, Adams, A. L., 1859b. The birds of Cashmere and Ladakh. and Cashmere of birds The 1859b. L., A. Adams, Ali, S., & Ripley, S. D., 1998.D., S. Ripley, & S., Ali, Adams, A. L., 1859a. Notes on the habits, haunts, etc. of some of the birds of India. References to theoccurrenceofspecies. as doubt any eliminating thereby subcontinent, Indian the from Gujarat (Joshuaetal.2005). were sighted on 20 April 2001 at Firozpura, Banaskantha district, individuals two recently, More erroneous.’ ‘probably was report Simla the that or error’ in ‘probably was specimen Saharanpur the of locality the that state not did 1940).’(1940) Ticehurst that (TicehurstNote erroneous probably are Kashmir and Simla reportsanecdotal Old error). in probablylocality and mount old India (one specimen, Saharanpur, N W vagrant, winterUttar-BMNH; ‘Supposed specimen a, wasa very it that Subcontinent, stating Anderton(2012) treated the species as hypothetical in the Indian errorinthe locality ishowever not tobeexcluded).’ Rasmussen & was,‘Accidental. Onerecord (undated) fromSaharanpur, U.P. (an is some mistake over the locality.’ Ali & Ripley (1998) stated that it isverya old one and isin the British Museum. 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