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Sub-Family II. COCHOANIX.E, 



VTT. COCHOA, ITo<his. 



(Sharpe, Caf. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 2, 1879.) 



[Cf. Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 1.58 (1890).] 



1. purpurea, Hoch/g. (iv. p. 3.) 



Himalayas 

 (Kuuiaon to 

 Sikhim). 



Tenasserim. 



2. beccarii, Salvad., Ann. Mus. Genor. siv. p. 223 Sumatra. 



(1879). • 



3. viridis, Hodgs. (iv. p. 2.; 



Himalayas 

 (Kumaon (o 

 .\ssam). Manipur. 

 VV. China. 



4. azurea {Temm.). (w. p. 4.) 



Java. 



Sub-Family III. TUIiDIXM* 



VIII. MIMOCICHLA, Sdala: 



(Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 280, 1881.) 



1. rubripes (Tcmm.). (p. 283.) 



Cuba. 



* The arrangement of the Turdinis, as here set forth, is fountled on the scheme 

 proposed by Dr. Stejneger in 1883, with certain changes and modifications. 

 Dr. Stejneger's essay deals mainly with the American Thrushes, and does not always 

 apply to .some of the Old-World forms. He has, however, very cleverly pointed out 

 characters which had been overlooked by previous writers on this group of birds, and 

 his classification is in every way superior to that of the ' Catalogue of Birds.' The 

 arrangement of the true Tiirdidce into Thrushes (Turd'is) and Blackbirds {^fel■u!a) 

 breaks down on close examination ; but a more prolonged study is necessary before an 

 arrangement, satisfactory to all ornithologists, can be arrived at. A further sub-division 

 of the genus Mcrttla is absolutely necessary. The sequence of genera adopted in the 



