248 TURDID^. 



Menila leucogeuj-s {Lath.), Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 136, III. pi. xxiii. 



(1847). 

 Catharus aurantius (Gincl.), Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxvili. p. 3 (1854). 

 Seniimerula aurautia, Bulrd, liev. Am. B. i. p. 34 (1864). 

 Mimociclila aurautia {Gmel.), Scl. ^- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 2 



(1873). 



In the adult male the head, lores, and ear-coverts are black ; rest 

 of upper parts dark slaty brown, except the outer half of the outer 

 webs of two of the greater wiug-coverts next to the innermost 

 secondaries, which are white ; wings and tail brown. Chin white ; 

 rest of underparts brown, shading to creamy white on the centre of 

 the bell}' ; under tail-coverts dark brown, tipped with white ; axil- 

 laries and under wing-coverls brown, streaked with white ; inaer 

 margin of quills pale brown. Bill yellow above and below. Wing 

 with tiie fourth and fifth primaries nearly equal and longest, second 

 primary about equal to the eighth, bastard primary 1-01 inch. Legs, 

 feet, and claws yellow. Tail with the outside feathers 0-35 inch 

 shorter than the longest. Length of wing 4'95 to 4-5 inches, tail 

 4-2 to 3-9, culmen 1-13 to 1-03, tarsus 1-6 to l-o. 



The female differs from the male in being paler and browner, the 

 head being only slightly darker than the rest of the upper parts. 

 Birds of the year and youtvj in first plumarie appear to be unknown. 



The Jamaica Ouzel is confined to the island of Jamaica, where it 

 is a resident. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Moneague, Jamaica, Dr. Bryant [P.]. 



February 1865. 



b. Ad. sk. Jamaica. Philip Gosse, Esq. [CI. 



c. Ad. st. Jamaica. Philip Gosse, Esq. [C.J. 



(Tj'pe of Menda saltator, Hill.) 



16. Merula boulbouL 



Boulboul Shrike, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. i. p. 57 (1787). 



Lanius boulboul, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 80 (1790) ; Stepliens, Shaiv's 



Gen. Zool. vii. pt. 2, p. 308 (1809). 

 Turdus pcecilopterus, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 54 ; Gould, Cent. B. 



Himal. M. pi. xiv. (1832); Ilodgs. MS. Drawings (in the Brit. Mus.) 



of Birds of Nejxd, PassercSj^Xa. 140, 147, unde llodqs. Gray's Zool. 



Misc. p. 83 (1844); Gray, Cat. Mamm. Sfc. Nepal Coll. Ilodgs. 



p. 81 (1840) ; id. Gen. B. i. p. 219 (1847) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 274 



(1850). 

 Morula boulboul (Lath.), Bli/th, J. A. S. Bcng. xvi. p. 147 (1847) ; 



Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 162 (1849) ; Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. 



B. Mus. L.I. Co. i. p. 196 (1854) ; Gould, B. Asia, ii. pi. 77 (1859): 



Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 525 (1862) ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. 8. Beng. xxxix'. 



pt. 2, p. 102 (1870) ; mmie, Nests <^ Eggs Ind. B. p. 234'( 1873). 

 Turdus boulboul (Lath.), Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 255. no. 3700 (1809). 



In the adult male the general colour of the upper parts is black, 

 with the exception of the tips of the median wing-coverts, the outer 

 webs of the greater wing-coverts, a broad margin to the innermost 

 secondaries, and a narrow margin to the remaining secondaries, 

 which are greyish white. The underparts are browner black, each 



