240 Mr. Vicors’s and Dr. HonsrrErp's Description of the 
inferiores pallide ferrugineæ. Rostrum nigrum. Pedes fusci. 
Longitudo corporis, 62; ale a carpo ad remigem quar- 
tam, 317; caude, 944; ; rostri ad frontem, +, ad rictum, à ; 
tarsi, 43$. 3 : 
Muscicapa pectoralis. Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp. p. li. no. 11. 
Orange-breasted Thrush. Lewin, Birds of New Holl. pl. 6. 
Some confusion has existed between these two last species, 
which we are decidedly of opinion are distinct, although referred 
to one species by Dr. Latham in his lately published General 
History. 'Yhe former is a common and well known species. Of 
the latter, we have entered into the characters in detail, as it is 
less usually met-with than P. gutturalis. | 
3. STRIATA. Pac. superné olivaceo-grisea, leviter fusco-striata, 
subtus albescens, stris fuscis latioribus notata, pteromatibus 
remigibus rectricibusque fuscis. 
Foem. Superné grisea, subtus fulvo-albescens, graciliter fusco- 
striata; gulá guttureque albidis. 
Capitis dorsique plumæ in medio strigis fuscis leviter notatæ. 
Guttur albescens. |. Remiges rectricesque suprà fuscæ, sub- 
tus pallidiores. Tectrices inferiores fulvo-albidæ, leviter 
fusco-striate. Rostrum pedesque pallescentes. Longitudo 
corporis, 6y; ale a carpo ad remigem quartam, 34,; 
caude, 3; rostri ad frontem, ~, ad rictum, ~y; tarsi, 4. 
The inside of the mouth of these birds is noted by Mr. Caley 
as being yellow ; the eyes are black ; their weight is an ounce. 
4. Fusca. Pac. olivaceo-fusca, subtus pallidior, gulá abdomine- 
que albidis, remigibus rectricibusque fuscis, istarum intimarum 
marginibus ferrugineis. 
Pteromatum 
