M. Sundevall on the Birds of Calcutta. 109 



stomach of two individuals which I examined I found berries and 

 insects. The bird is believed to be stationary in that country. 

 It also exists in the Philippine Islands, Java, Sumatra, and in 

 Africa as far as the Cape. 



5. Turdus citrinus, Lath., Temm. PI. Col. 445. Fulvus, dorso, 

 alis, caudaque cinereis ; crisso fasciaque alarum albis. $ dorso oli- 

 vascente. Magnit Sturni ; ala 108 mill., tarsus 31. Rostrum ni- 

 grum, pedes pallidi. Ala et rostrum rectum prsecedentis ; cauda 

 sequalis. 



I have only seen this species once, but without procuring it. 

 The above measurements, &c. are taken from two specimens 

 which came from Calcutta at a later period (1832). It is evi- 

 dently not rare there, and even occurs in Java. 



6. Ceblepyris lugubris, n. Obscure cinerea, alis caudaque nigris^ 

 rectricibus gradatis, apice albis. Remigibus quibusdam macula alba 

 interne notatis. (Affinis C. fimbriate, Temm., differt colore caudse.) 



$ adult. (Mus. Lund, simul cum ? infra descr. e Calcutta 1832.) 

 Nigro-cinereus, loris paullo obscurioribus ; subtus paullo dilutior, 

 immaculatus, crisso obsoletissime pallide undulato, tectricibus caudse 

 inferis apice albidis. Alse paullo senescentes ; tectrices superiores 

 omnes concolores ; inferiores colore dorsi ; remige 3 a reliquis lon- 

 giore, 4a macula parva alba punctata, paullo ante medium pogonii 

 interni ; 5a macula adhuc minore. De caetero ala immaculata. Rec- 

 trices laterales 22 millim. mediis breviores, apice long. 14 millim. 

 pure albae ; mediae reliquas superant, margine apicis albo. Rostrum 

 et pedes nigro-fusci. Long. 6^ poll. ; ala 114 millim., tarsus 20, 

 cauda 100 ; rostrum ex imo ang. frontis 16 ; altit. 6. Lingua apice 

 leviter bifida seu incisa, nee lacera. 



$ (Serampore 15 Febr.) a priori differt, remigibus 3 — 5 subsequa- 

 libus, macula majori alba, marginem internum attingente. Alarum 

 tectrices quaedam tenue albo marginatse. — ? ? (Mus. Stockh.) Sub- 

 tus ad rostrum usque obsolete albido undata ; crisso alarumque tec- 

 tricibus inferioribus fere albo nigroque fasciatis. Gense albido punc- 

 tata;. Remiges tenuissime albo marginatse ; 4a reliquis longior ; 

 3 — 6 intus plaga majori alba. Ala 125 mill., tarsus 22, rostrum e 

 fronte 17. Csetera ut in<^*. 



I have myself only seen in Bengal the male above described, 

 which was shot in a tree, February 15, almost the same instant 

 that I saw it. It had only eaten insects. The species of this 

 genus resemble the Thrushes, and are very numerous in Africa, 

 South Asia, and Australiaf. They have a very curious structure 



* This is the Volvocivora melaschistos of Hodgson, and is in all probability 

 identical with Ceblepyris fimbriaia of Temminck, although M. Sundevall 

 makes them distinct. — H. E. S. 



f The Mexican Hypothymis chrysorrhcea, Licht., Temm. pi. 453, pro- 

 bably comes nearest, to this genus. But I have as yet had no opportunity to 

 examine it. — C. J. S. 



