and its a Hied form Turdus sclilegeli. 347 



In Bonaparte's ' Conspectus/ Sumatra and Borneo are 

 mentioned as the localities of this species. But there is no 

 authority given for this statement, which, although subse- 

 quently adopted by several writers, probably originated in 

 mere error. 



The figure of this bird (PI. VIII.) is taken from the typi- 

 cal specimen of Turdus hijpopyrrhus in the Bremen Museum. 



Turdus schlegeli. 



Turdus fumidus (pt.), Miiller, Verb. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. 

 overz. Bezitt. Land- en Volk. p. 201. 



Turdus schlegeli, Sclater, Ibis, 1861, p. 280; Wallace, 

 P. Z. S. 1863, p. 485. 



Supra fuscus unicolor, subtus in pectore dilutior : abdomine 

 castaneo, crisso hoc colore tincto : rostro et pedibus flavis : 

 long, tota 9'0, alae 4*5, caudse 3'8. 



Hab. Timor [S. Miiller) . 



Obs. Sp. a prajcedente pectore fusco dilutiore, ventre medio 

 non albo et crisso non striato distinguenda. 



The only specimen I have yet seen of this species is the 

 type in the Leyden Museum, obtained by Salomon Miiller, 

 near Penpaan, in Timor, as mentioned in the work above 

 quoted. Miiller considered it merely a variety of his Tur- 

 dus fumidus, but has pointed out its distinguishing characters. 



There is nothing at all remarkable in Timor thus possessing 

 a peculiar species of Turdus. In his excellent memoir on the 

 ornithology of this and the adjacent islands^, Mr. Wallace 

 has shown that no less than 42 species, out of the 118 known 

 to occur there, are restricted to the island. I trust, there- 

 fore, that Turdus schlegeli will be allowed by naturalists in 

 future to stand as a good species — at any rate until a series 

 of examples collected in Timor shall furnish some evidence 

 to the contrary. 



this "bird, of which I only got one specimen, on the open summit of the 

 mountain, where I saw several. If I remember rightly, it settled on the 

 gi'ound and on rocks, not on the trees and bushes." 

 * P. Z. S. 1863, p. 480. 



