:51. CKATEKOPUS. 479 



Turdus cauoi'us, Linn. Si/st. Kaf. i. p. 293 (17G6, ex Edirarrh). 



Pastor terricolor, Hodgs. J. A. 8. Beng. v. p. 771 (18G3, descr. 

 mdla). 



Peugia terricolor, Hodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, pi. 178 

 (no. 371). 



Malacocevcus griseiis t. terrsecolor, Hodqs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., 

 App. pi. 80 (no. 371) ; id. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1844). 



Malacocercus terricolor, Bhjth, J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 367 (1844) ; 

 Jerd. VI. Ind. Orn. text to pi. 19 (1847) : id. B. Lid. ii. p. o9 

 (1863); Gray, Hand-l. ^. i. p. 279, no. 410S (1869) ; Jerd. Ibis, 

 1872, p. 309; Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 180; Bcdl, 8tr. F. 1874, 

 p. 409 ; id. op. cit. 1876, p. 206 ; Butler, t. c. p. 472 ; Hume, Str. 

 F. 1879, p. 97 : Scidly, t. c. p. 293 ; Doiq, t. c. p. 371 ; Brooks, 

 t. c. p. 471 ; Butler, Cat. B. Sitid ^-c. p. 27 (1879). 



Malacocercus uialabaricus, Jerd. III. Ind. Orn. text to pi. 19 (1847); 

 Bp. Consp. i. p. 373 (18-30) ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 62 (1863) ; Grai/, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 279, no. 4107 (1869); Jerd. 7iw, 1872, p. 309 ; 

 Lloyd, His, 1873, p. 410 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 97. 



Malacocercus orientalis, Jerd. III. Ind. Orn. text to pi. 19 (1847). 



Malacocercus beno-alensis, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 140 

 (1849). 



Malacocercus canorus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 373 (1850) ; Horsf. Sf Moore, 

 Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 220 (18-54). 



Malacocercus somervillei, pt.,2ro/-s/. <§• Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. 

 i. p. 219 (1854). 



Adult. General colonr above browu, slightly rufcscent, the feathers 

 ■with whitish shaft-lines ; head more ashy than the back ; rump and 

 Tipper tail-coverts ashy brown, the latter decidedly paler ; wing- 

 coverts ashy brown ; quills dark brown, externally ashy brown, 

 broader on the secondaries ; tail-feathers dark brown, with dusky 

 cross bars under certain lights; the centre tail-feathers more ashy 

 brown, the outer tail-feathers distinctly paler brown at the tips ; 

 lores dull white, surrounded by a narrow dusk}' line ; .sides of face 

 ashy browu, the cheeks and throat clearer ashy, the bases dusky, 

 producing a somewhat mottled appearance ; under surface of body 

 pale ashj' fulvous, the breast aud sides of the body ashy brown, all 

 the fealhers with white streaks ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 pale fulvous ; quills dark brown below, ashy fulvous along the mar- 

 gin of the inner web ; " bill horny brown ; legs dingy or fleshy 

 yellow : iris pale yellow " (Jerdon). Total length 9 inches, culmen 

 0-9, wing 3-9, tail 4-2, tarsus 1-35. 



Hub. The greater part of the Indian peninsula from the Himalayas 

 southward, and extending into 8cinde. In Central and Southern 

 India a darker race occurs, which has been generally separated as a 

 distinct species on account of its smaller size and darker coloration, 

 the mesial light streaks on the mantle being generally wider and 

 plainer. There appears to me to be such a gradual transition be- 

 tween the two birds that I do not believe any definite specific 

 characters can be found to separate them. It should be noticed, 

 however, that Jcrdon gives the bill in the southern race as being 

 entirely dark yellow. 



