3. MKEULA. 243 



inch shorter than the longest. Length of wing 5-6 to 5-3 inches, 

 tail 4-9 to 4-5, culmen 0-98 to 0-9, tarsus I'o to 1-43. 



The female is slightlj' paler than the male. Birds in abraded 

 summer plumage are not quite so dark a brown as newly moulted 

 autumn birds. Young in first plumage have the usual ochraceous 

 markings and spots on the upper parts ; whilst most of the feather 

 of the underparts are dull ochraceous, with fan-shaped black ter- 

 minal spots ; the axiUaries and under wing-coverts are also obscurely 

 margined with ochraceous, aud the bill and feet are brown. 



Cabanis's Erown Ouzel has only been obtained in South Costa 

 llica and West Panama, where it is believed to be a resident. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Volcan de Cartago, Costa Osbert Salvin, Esq. 



Rica (-E. Arce). 



10. Merula fuscatra. 



Tardus fuscater, D'Orb. et Lafr. Mag. de Zool., Syn. Av. 1837, p. 16 

 D'Orb. Vuy. Amer. meri'd. p. 2U0, pi. ix. tig. 1 (circ. 1840) 

 Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 120 ; Tschudi S,- Cab. Faun. Peruan. 

 Ares, p. 180 (1845j; Gay, Faun. Chil. Zool. i. p. 331 (1847) 

 Graii, Gen. B. i. p. 219 (1847) ; Bp. Comp. i. p. 275 (18.50) 

 Sdcker, P.Z.S. 1859, p. 332; id. Cat. Amer. B. p. 5 (1862) 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 258. no. 3761 (1869) ; Set. df Salv. Notnencl. 

 Av. Xeofr. p. 2 (1873) ; Martens, Journ. Orn. 1875, p. 443. 



Turdus anthracinus, Burmeister, Journ. Orn. 1858, p. 159. 



Bill of Merula fuscatra. 



In the adult male the plumage of both the upper and under parts 

 is a nearly uniform dark sooty brown. Bill bright yellow above 

 and below. Wings with the fourth and fifth primaries nearly equal 

 and longest, second primary about equal to the eighth, bastard 

 primary I'o to I'O inch. Legs, feet, and claws pale yellow. Tail 

 with the outside feathers 0-4 inch shorter than the longest. Length 

 of Aving 5-6 to 5'15 inches, tail 5-2 to 4"75, culmen 1-42 to 1-2, 

 tarsus 1*75 to 1-45. 



The female is slightly paler and more olive than the male. 



D'Orbigny's Erown Ouzel breeds in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia, 

 and is found southwards as far as Mendoza in the Argentine 

 Eepublic and ChUi. 



a. Ad. sk. Chili. Mr. Brydges [C.]. 



b. Ad. : c. Juv. sk. Mendoza. E. C. Reed, Esq. [C.]. 

 d. Ad. sk. Mendoza. Zoological Society. 



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