13. TUEDIKTJS. 547 



Adult. Upper surface with the wings and tail olive-brown, the 

 lower back and rump rufescent ; under surface of body white, the 

 flanks brownish ; a whitish superciliary streak ; upper mandible 

 dusky, the mandible pale ; feet greyish brown ; iris fulvous. Total 

 length 5-5 inches, biU from gape 0-75, wing 2-4, taU 2-4. (Fischer Sf 

 Reiclienoiv.) 



Hob. Tschara in Eastern Africa. 



10. Turdinus maguirostris. 



Alcippe maguirostris, Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 277 ; Sorsf. ^ Moore, 



Cat. B. E.L Co. Mus. i. p. 407 (1854). 

 Malacopteron maguirostris, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 317, no. 4744 



(18()9) ; Hume 8f Davison, Sir. F. 1878, p. 274 ; Hume, Str. F. 



1879, pp. 61, 96. 

 Malacopterum magnirostre, Oates, B. Brit, Burm. i. p. 56 (1883). 



Adult (type of species). Head, neck, mantle, and upper back duU 

 olivaceous brown, the lower back and rump more rufescent brown, 

 with some long plumes on the latter of yellowish white, forming a 

 narrow band which is concealed by the long feathers of the rump ; 

 lesser and median wing-coverts like the back, the greater series and 

 the quills dusky brown, extern all}' olivaceous brown, with a slight 

 shade of rufous ; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers uniform 

 rufous, the latter a little browner towards the ends ; lores and 

 feathers round the eye ashy white ; over the eye a shade of grey ; 

 ear-coverts ashy brown, witli dull whitish shaft-lines ; cheeks dull 

 ash}', forming a broad aud distinct moustachial streak ; thi'oat and 

 abdomen white, as well as the under tail-coverts ; breast and sides 

 of the body washed with ashy brown, with a few streaks of ashy 

 on the lower throat and fore neck ; axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts buffj white, or white edged with pale fulvous ; quills dusky 

 brown below, fulvescent along the edge of the inner web; "legs, 

 feet, and claws pale bluish, sometimes a little darker and more 

 plumbeous ; upper mandible dark horny brown, almost black in 

 some ; lower mandible bluish white, pale blue, or plumbeous ; gape 

 dull yellow ; irides red, varying from cinnabar to lake, and from 

 lake to crimson " ( W. Davison). Total length 6 inches, culmen 0-75, 

 wing 3, tail 2-6, tarsus 0'9. 



The sexes are alike in phimago ; but the female is smaller, having 

 the wing 2'S2 to 2*9 inches, as against 3"1 to 3-35 inches in the 

 male (Hume, I. c). 



Hah. Malayan peninsula, extending into Southern Tenasserim 

 and Cochin China. 



a. Ad. sk. Malacca (Cantor). India Museum. (Type 



of species.) 



b, c. Ad. sk. Malacca (Cantor'). India Museum. 



d. Ad. sk. Malacca (Cantor). Purchased. 



e. cJ ad. sk. Klaug, Salangore, Malavan pen- A. 0. Hume, Esq. 



insula, April 14, 1879 (W. 

 Davison). 



f. Ad. sk. Sumatra. Purchased. 



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