_Turdus philippensis_ Müller, Natursystem Supplements- und
Register-Band, 1776, p. 145. (Type locality, Philippine Islands,
_ex_ Buffon.)
_Monticola philippensis philippensis_ Hand-list Japanese Birds,
rev., 1932, p. 177 (Koror); Mayr, Birds Southwest Pacific, 1945,
p. 302 (Palau).
_Monticola solitarius philippensis_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d
ed., 1942, p. 197 (Koror).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in northeastern Asia and Japan. Winters
south to Malaysia. In Micronesia: Palau Islands--Koror.
_Remarks._--The Chinese Blue Rock Thrush is apparently an infrequent
winter visitor to the Palau Islands.
=Turdus obscurus obscurus= Gmelin