252 TURDID^. 



slate-grey margins to the feathers of the flanks ; below and behind 

 the eye is a bare place. Bill orange. Wings with the third, 

 fourth, and fifth primaries nearly equal and longest, second primary 

 intermediate in length between the seventh and eighth, bastard 

 primary l-O inch. Legs, feet, and claws yellow. Length of wing 

 4-7 inches, tail 3-94, culmen 1-1, tarsus 1-32. 



It is not known that ihe female differs from the male ; birds of the 

 year and young in first j^lumage are unknown. 



The Travaucore Ouzel is peculiar to the district in the extreme 

 south of India whose name it bears, breeding at an elevation of 

 4000 feet. 



a. Ad. sk. Travancore. Frank Bom-dillon, Esq. [C.]. 



21. Merula kinnisi. 



Merula kinuisii, Bli/th, J. A. S. Bene/, xx. p. 177 (1851) ; Kehart, 

 Prod. Cat. p. 122 (.1852); Bbjth, Ibis, 18G7, p. 304; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 

 1872, p. 446. 



Merula kinnissii, Bli/th, Lai/ard, Ann. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 270 (185.3). 



Turdus kinnisii (Bb/th), Gray, Ilund-I. B. i. p. 256. no. 3717 (1869). 



Tardus kiunisi (Bli/th), Legge, Birds of Ceylon, p. 449 (1879). 



In the adult male the general colour of the upper parts is sooty 

 black, the feathers obscurely edged with dark slate-grey ; no trace 

 of eye-stripe ; wings and tail-feathers dark brown, approaching 

 black, the outer webs broadly margined with dark slate-grey. The 

 whole of the nndcrparts, including the axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts, dull black, each feather obscurely margined with dark slate- 

 grey. Bill orange-yellow. AVings with the fourth and fifth pri- 

 maries nearly equal and longest, second primary intermediate in 

 length between the eighth and ninth, bastard primarj' 1-15 to 

 0'81 inch. Legs, feet, and claws yellow. Length of wing 4-5 to 

 4-0 inches, tail 3-7 to 3-25, culmen 1-0 to 0-89, tarsus 1-39 to 1-2. 



The female is slightly paler than the male. Birds of tlie year 

 retain some of the ochraceous tips to the wing-coverts. Young in 

 first plumage have pale shaft-lines to the feathers of the head and 

 back, pale tips to the wing-coverts, and pale centres and dark tips 

 to the feathers of the underparts. 



The Ceylonese Ouzel is supposed to be peculiar to Ceylon, where 

 it breeds on the hills, descending into the valleys during the cold 

 season. 



a,h. S ad.; c. $ ad.sk. Ceylon. Dr. Kelaart [C.]. 



d. Juv. sk. Cevlon. E. L. Layard, Esq. 



[C.]. ' 

 e,f. S 2 ad. sk. Newara Eliya, 7000 feet. A. Whyte, Esq. [P.]. 



Merula carbonaria and Merula flavipes. 



The difference between these two forms appears to be only sub- 

 specific. In the north of Brazil, where their geographical ranges 



