346 Mr. P. L. Sclater on Tardus javauiciis of Hors field, 



divide species unnecessarily — in whose presence I made a 

 comparison of it with specimens of Turdus fumidus. 



Under these circumstances I propose to arrange the syn- 

 onyms of these two Thrushes as follows : — 



Turdus javanicus. (Plate VIII.) 



Turdus jav aniens, Horsfield^ Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 148 

 (1821) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 142; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. 

 Mus. E. I. C. p. 196; Sclater, Ibis, 1861, p. 280; Salvad. 

 Ucc. di Borneo, p. 237. 



Turdus [Merula] fumidus, S. Miiller, Verh. Nat. Gescli. 

 Nederl. overz. Bezitt. Land- en Volk. p. 201 (1839-44) : Bp. 

 Consp. p. 274. 



Turdus hypopyrrhus, Hai'tl. Verz. Brem. Samml. p. 43 

 (1844) ; Salvad. Ucc. di Born. p. 238. 



" Turdus nigricrissus , Schiff,^' Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxviii. 

 p. 6 ; Notes Orn. Delattre, p. 29. 



" Turdus concolor, Temm.,^' Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 143; 

 G. R. Gray, Handlist, p. 255. 



Supra fuscus unicolor, subtus usque ad imum pectus concolor : 

 abdomine castaneo : ventre medio albo : crisso fusco, albo 

 striato : rostro et pedibus flavis : long, tota 90, alse 4"5, 

 caudse 3*8, 



Hab. Java, apud montes ad alt. 8000-9500 ped. 



I believe the mountains of Java to be the only certainly 

 ascertained locality for this Thrush. S. Miiller, as already 

 mentioned, met with it on the crater of Mount Gedee, in 

 Western Java, at an altitude of 8000 feet. Mr. Wallace ob- 

 tained an example in nearly the same district at an altitude 

 of 9500 feet, which is now in the British Museum^. 



* Mr. Wallace's specimen was obtained on the extinct volcanic cone of 

 Pangerango, 10,000 feet liigli, and is alluded to in his ' Malay Archipe- 

 lago ' as follows : — 



" On the very summit, feeding on the gi'ound among the strawberries 

 that have been planted there, I obtained a dull-coloured Thrush, with the 

 form and habits of a Starling {Turdus fumuhis).'^ — Malay Archipelago, 

 3rd ed. p. 121. 



Mr. Wallace kindly sends me the subjoined additional note : — 



" ' Iris olive ; bill, feet, and eyelids yellow ;' — is all the note 1 have to 



