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TURDUS VARTUS. THE VARIEGATED THRUSH. 



Tardus varius. Horsfield, Zool. Researches in Java- 



Turdus Whitei. White's Thrush. Eyton, Rarer Brit. Birds, 92. 



Upper parts yellowish-hrown, lighter behind^ lunulated with 

 hi'ownish-hlack ; loral space and throat white ; sides and lou'er 

 fore-part of the neck^ breast and sides, yellowish-white, lunulated 

 with brownish-black ; wing of moderate length, the second and 

 sixth quills equal, the fourth longest, but the third and fifth 

 nearly equal ; tail even ; bill thirteentwelfths of an inch long ; 

 tarsus of the same length. 



Adult. — The following description of this beautiful Thrush 

 is taken from a specimen from Java, selected as exhibiting the 

 peculiar characters of the species in the highest degree of per- 

 fection. The form, in as far as may be guessed from a stufted 

 skin, is similar to that of the Song Thrush, although the bird 

 is larger and the bill longer. The head is ovate, w^ith the fore 

 part rounded. The bill is large, compared with that of our 

 common Thrushes ; the upjicr mandible with its dorsal outline 

 slightly arcuate, the nasal gi-oove large, the sides beyond it slop- 

 ing and convex, the ridge narrow, the tip slender, but obtuse, 

 with a distinct notch ; the lower mandible with the angle 

 rather long and narrow, the sides erect at the base, the dorsal 

 outline straight, the tip narrow ; the gape-line straight, at the 

 end a little decurved. The feet are of moderate size ; the tar- 

 sus of ordinary length, compressed, with a long anterior plate 

 and three scutella ; the first toe very large, with ten, the 

 second with eight, the third with eleven, the fourth with twelve 

 scutella ; the lateral toes equal. The claws rather large, mo- 

 derately arched, much compressed, laterally grooved, acute. 



The plumage is full, soft, and blended, although apparently 

 imbricated on account of the black tips of the feathers, which 



