218 Mr. Vicors’s and Dr. Honsrizrp's Description of the — 
Fam. MERULIDEÆ. 
Subfam. MyyiorHERINA. Swains. | 
Genus. Pirra. Vieill. 
1. Bracuyura. Pit. viridis, subtus ferrugineo-fulva; teniá 
superciliari pallidé fulvá ; capite, pteromatibus, remigibus, 
caudáque ad apicem feré, nigris; gulá maculáque alarum al- - 
bis; ptilis uropygioque cæruleis, maculd media abdominali 
crissoque coccineis. a 
Corvus brachyurus, var. 2? Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 166. no. 43. 
Short-tailed Crow, var. F? Id. Gen. Hist. iii. p. 68. no. 71. 
We have great doubts whether this bird and all the other 
varieties, described by Dr. Latham as belonging to this species, 
are varieties only. We have not, however, sufficient grounds to 
make any decided observations on the subject. 
Subfam. MERULINA. 
Genus. Turpus. Linn. et Auct. 
1. Vanius. T. castaneo-testaceus, pennis apice perfuscis, remi- 
gibus fuscis externè castaneo-testaceis, abdomine albido, late- 
ribus castaneo et nigro variis, rectricibus subtus fuscescentibus, 
crisso albido nigroque tenuiter fasciato. Horsf. in Linn. 
Trans. vol. xiii. p. 149. 
Turdus varius. Horsf. Zool. Researches in Java. 
In the general characters of the bill, wings and legs, and in 
the disposition of its colours, this species accords sufficiently 
well with the European group of the genuine Turdus to autho- 
rize us to refer it to that genus. We must however observe, 
that in the few specimens which we have seen of the bird, the 
under mandible is considerably shorter than the upper. Whether 
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