3. JIERULA. 2'"3 



46. Merula obscura. 



Bark Thrus}., Lath. Gen. Hyn. ii. pt. 1, p. 31 (178:^) 



(185.3) ; Jauh et Barth.-Laponau. Bich. Orn p ■?14 ( 185<) 

 F^-itsch T Off. Bur.],. 143(1870); Strinh. P. Z S 1871 n 307-' 

 l"wfl"'"r?''l\- ^*^'-' ^'- -^-^^'^^"-nhoe, Ibis, 1874,^ lil ^U 

 1P^(>, p. 148; X'flnr/c/ O^.s/-. 0,s. Chine, p. 163 (1877)- T)r»!>,J 



Turdu.s oom-aster A);«,r«,. 3^. Carls, iv. pi. 85 (1789) 



fir.Bl„sn,,^^,QpSG2); Salvad. Faun. Val. Uccn^n&i^' 



^y^-y. 7?r;»-/e,/ .s 0/-H. J/(.se. ii. p. 198 (1877) ^ ' 



Tiirdus sevftntitzii, i?r./,«,, Z.^-fi. eur. Vor,\i. p. 072 (18-^4) 

 Tui.du8 mf,,lus />„;«>., 7>,V.A f/«.s. rf'//J. Xat xp44j} 18-^6) • 



G/w/, //««,/-/. B. 1. p. i>.-,(;. uo. 3728 (18G9) ^ ^ ^^ ' 



i Urdus ^erneii, Gene, Men,. Ac. B. Tor. xxxvii. p W. pi 9 a8:34^ 

 Turdus palhdus. Gmel. apml Temm. 3/««. r/'Om iU V97^ fSS* 



(lSj7t' ''^'' '^ '' ^'''^''' ^'""- ^'"•- i- P- 402 



'''p'2?87l84j'' ^'"'' "^ ^ '^ ^^^^' P- 10^; ^'-y. ^-. B. i. 

 Turd^us javanicus?, //.../. „;;.,; Bhjth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Sac. p. IGI 



rianesticns obscnms fr/,,,,./.), Bp. Cat. Barzucl. p. o (ISoli) 

 Jurdusdav,d,anu.s J/,7,,..ZV/„-. .V,„,_^,.,;, clu \r\>Vir,\, A'/ • 

 i.V/. p. 20 ,180.5) ; Graff, Hand-l. B. i. p;2S.I .Sfi^' ngOT ' '• 



^•;:'t t iSi^jiSvJr'''-' -^^'-^ ^'"^"•-^-'- ^ ^- ^ ^-^ --• 



Gecc'ichla ..bscura (^Gmel>i, Jerdon, Ibis, 1872 n 13(! 

 ^;';,!,'il]- Pollens (P«//.), 6-.c/...-^...^ J. a. S. tnff. xiiii. pt. 2, p. 1 78 



In the .K/*,7^ ,„«7, the general colour of the upper parts is olive 

 brown, tinged with grey on the crown and \ aperLVes ver': 

 dark brown ; ear-coverts slaty brown ; eye-stripe whit;, extenS 

 nearly to the nape ; wings, wing-coverts/and tail brown, The 3 

 ^^ebs ot each teather ohve-brown, greyer on the mar. us of the 

 primanes and pnraary-eoverts ; outside tail-feather "obscureh 

 ipped with wlnte on the i„,>er web. Throat and eheeks 1.1'. 

 brown, .shading into olive-brown on the breast and inf.. ,v?l« k ? 

 nut-brown on the flanks, leavin,^ the l.ellv wh te ,n 1 r / '''■ 



white, with the basal half ed.nd with 1^ ,,: ^''"^"'7' 

 wing-eoverts pale slate-grev: ..bseureirt r ^d wtl X'e i" " 

 n^argin of quills pale brown! Bill with thfupi^r ni^ dnl '7? 

 bro..i ; under naaudible pale yell.w, darker to^ri T p.^Nv " ^^ 



