3. MERULA. 233 



Key to the Species. 



a. Upper and under parts uniform black or brown, 

 not slate-p-rey. 

 a'. Legs and feet dark brown. 



a". Upper and under parts black merula, p. 235. 



h". Upper parts very dark brown ; underparts 

 dark bro^vn, with traces of paler streaks 



on the throat mandarma, p. 238. 



v. Legs and feet vellow. 



c". Upper and under parts uniform black, 

 a'". Second primary equal to or shorter 

 than the eighth ; bastard primary 1-5 

 to 1-1 inch. 

 «*. Female with the imderparts pale 

 russet-brown, shading into choco- 

 late-brown on the under tail-coverts serrana, p. 239. 

 5^. Ftnnale with the underparts greyish 



brown atrosen'cea, p. 239. 



b'". Second primary between the fifth and 

 seventh ; bastard primary 0'9o to OQo 

 inch. 

 c*. Length of wing 5-1 to 4-8 inches . . infuscatra, p. 240. 

 d'. Length of wing 4-G5 to 4'2o inches. 

 a'. Male didl black. Female with pale 

 ochraceous brown centres to the 



under tail-coverts xanfhosceles, p. 240. 



6'. Male black, with greenish reflexions. 

 Femalewith gTeyish-white centres 

 to tlie under tail-coverts, running 



out to the tips leucoj)s, p. 241. 



e^. Length of wing 4-1 to 3-"o inches. 

 Female slightly browner than the 

 male, but without streaks on the 



throat samoeiisis, p. 242. 



d". Upper and under parts a nearly uniform 

 brown. 

 p'". Wing 5-6 to 5-3 inches, culmen 0-98 to 

 0'9 inch. Second primary about equal 



to the seventh nigrescens, p. 242. 



d". Wing 5-6 to 0-1.5 inches, culmen 1-42 to 

 1'2 inch. Second primary about eqiuil 



to the eighth " fuscatm, p. 24-3. 



e'". Wing 0-15 to O'C") inches, culmen 1-3 ' 

 to 1-1. Second primary about equal 

 to the tenth. 



/'. General colour greyish brown ff'ffds, p. 244. 



(f*. General colour rich dark brown. . . . gigantodes, p. 244. 

 h. Upper and luider parts a nearly uniform black 

 or .slaty bro-wn, but always with wliite or grev 

 either on the wing-coverts, shafts and tips of 

 the under tail-coverts, upper back, or breast. 

 Throat not streaked. 

 c'. Lower throat white. 



e". Upper back wliite alhocinda, p. 24o. 



f. Upper back black torquata, p. 24(j. 



