and its allied form Turdus schlegeli. 345 



doubt of its belonging to the same species. The third ex- 

 ample of Dr. HorsfiekFs Turdus javanicus, which was in 

 the former East-India Company's Museum, cannot now be 

 found. 



Turdus fumidus was described by Miiller in a note to the 

 ethnographical volume of the ' Verhandelingen ' (1839-44-) 

 from specimens obtained by him on the crater of Mount 

 Gedee, in Java, at an altitude of 8000 feet above the sea-level. 

 The types of this species are now in the Leyden collection, 

 where I have examined them on two occasions. 



Turdus hypopyrrhus was described by Hartlaub in 1844, in 

 his catalogue of the Bremen collection. Having had the loan 

 of the type of this species, through Dr. Finsch's kindness, I 

 have been able to convince myself that it is exactly the same 

 as Turdus fumidus. 



In a footnote to his memoir onDelattre's collections (Compt. 

 Rend, xxxviii. p. 6) , Prince Bonaparte speaks of a " Turdus 

 nigricrissus , Schiff,-'-' as a MS. name in the Senckenbergian 

 Museum, Frankfort, and makes it the same as T. hypopyrrhus, 

 which he endeavours to distinguish from T. fumidus. I have, 

 however, shown that the two latter terms are synonymous ; so 

 that, whatever the specimen so called in the Senckenbergian 

 Museum may be, Bonaparte's name, T. nigricrissus, falls to 

 the ground. 



Another useless synonym is " Turdus concolor, Temm.,-" 

 first published by Blyth in an article on Indian Thrushes in 

 the J. A. S. B. in 1847, and copied by Mr. Gray and Dr. Sal- 

 vadori. The only suggestion I can make as regards this term 

 is, that it is a misprint, or lapsus calami, of Mr. Blyth for 

 fumidus ; for I believe that Temminck never gave (nor would 

 have given) such a misleading name to the present bird. 



As regards Turdus schlegeli, which Mr. Gray and Dr. Sal- 

 vadori unite to Turdus hypopyrrhus, I have again examined 

 the typical specimen of that species in the Leyden Museum, 

 and am quite convinced that, so far as a judgment can be 

 formed from a single individual, it is a good and a distinct 

 species. In this view I think I may say I have the concur- 

 rence of Prof. Schlegel — a naturalist by no means inclined to 



