220 Mr. Vicors’s and Dr. HorsrIeLD’s Description of the 
and the first almost spurious. The tail is long and graduated, 
which in the true Thrushes is even; and the scales on the acro- 
tarsia are strongly conspicuous, while the tarsi of the Thrushes 
are entire. ` 
The genus appears very nearly allied to T imalia, Horsf. jin 
its general conformation. But it does not possess the elevated 
culmen of the bill so conspicuous in that. group ; nor is the dis- 
position of the quill- feathers the same. In these respects Timalia 
comes nearer to Turdus, Auct. ‘The tarsi of our genus appear 
somewhat more elevated than is usual in this family ; and from 
what Mr. Caley says of the habits of the birds which compose the 
type of the group, we conjecture that they indicate the approach 
of the present subfamily to the Rock and Ground Thrushes, which 
form the next succeeding divisions of the extensive group of 
Merulide. 
1. PuxcTATUM. Cinc. supra fusco-brunneum fusco-nigro stri- 
gatum; teniá superciliari, maculá utrinque longitudinali gut- 
turali, punctis tectricum, apicibus rectricum, abdomineque 
medio, albis; gulá, juguli medio, maculis pectoralibus laterali- 
bus crissique nitescenti-nigris ; pectore griseo. 
Fem. Gulá maculisque gutturalibus ferrugineo-luteis. 
Turdus punctatus. Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp. p. xliv. no. 23. 
Punctated Thrush. Id. Gen. Hist. v. p. 130. no. 169. 
Mr. Caley says, that the weight of the male was 4 ounces. He 
adds: ‘This species is by no means plentifully to be met with. 
. It inhabits the small forest scrubs, and is frequently started from 
the ground. It appears to be more constantly on the ground 
than in the trees, taking a short flight on being disturbed, and 
then again alighting on the ead a little further off.” 
Fam. 
