108 TURDID^li:. 



markings are rather small speckles and spots of pale chestnut and 

 violet fairly thickly distributed throughout, with a slight prepon- 

 derance at the larger end, on a bright ground of light blue. They 

 measure -94 by -70 and 1-00 by -76. 



2. San Esteban, Venezuela (i\'c^/-Z;o;-w Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). ^ 



Merula aurantia {Gmel.). 



Merula leucogenys, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 136 (1847). 



Merula aurantia, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. \. p. 247 (1881); Sharjie in 



Seebohm'' s Mon. Turdidce, ii. p. 151 (1901) ; id. Hand-l. iv. p. 125 



(1903). 



The eggs of the Jamaica Ouzel closely resemble the commonest 

 type of egg of M. merula. They are pale greenish blue, densely 

 mottled all over with reddish brown and underlying pale lilac. 

 Pour examples measure respectively : 1-18 by -82 ; 1-18 by -86 ; 

 1-18 by -87; and 1-19 by -90. 



4. Jamaica. Rev. Barham Zincke [C.]. 



Merula cardis (Temm.). 

 (Plate VI. figs. 1 & 4.) 



Turdus cardis, Blakisfon S,- Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 240. 



Merula cardis, Seebolim, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 261 (1881) ; id. Birds 



Jap. Emp. p. 45 (1890); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 38 (1899); 



Sharpe in SeeboJuiis Mon. Turdidce, ii. p. 143 (1901); id. Hand-l. iv. 



p. 125 (1903). 



There is a considerable resemblance between the eggs of the Grey 

 Japanese Ouzel and those of Turdus viscivorus. They vary a good 

 deal iu size and shape ; the ground-colour is a rich, or even pinkish, 

 cream-colour, with faint lilac under-markings, overlaid with spots, 

 clouds and blotches, of pale and darker reddish brown, often collected 

 to form a light cap round the broad end. They measure from 1-05 

 to 1-22 in length, and from "73 to -81 in breadth. 



Merula unicolor (Ticl-.). 



Merula imicolor, Seebohm, Cat Birds B. M. v. p. 271 (1881) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, n. }^.\Z2 (1890); id. ed. Hume, Nests 8c 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 96 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 38 



