ON MERULA JAVANICA AND M. FUMIDA. 227 



NOTE XXXIII. 



MERIJLA JAVANICA (HORSF.) AND M. FÜMIDA 

 (S. MULL.) TWO DISTINCT SPECIES 



BY 



Dr. O. PINSCH. 



Merula javanica (Horsf.). 



Seeb. Cat. Br. M. V, 1881, p. 279 (part, only spec, a, b, c Types), 

 id. Ibis 1893, p. 219 (Note), 



Owing to the incorrect diagnosis given by Horsfield ^) 

 of his -» Tardus javanicus'\ it would be impossible to refer 

 on this species at all , if not , fortunately, the types were 

 preserved iu the Collection of the British Museum. On 

 these types the late Mr. Seebohm has given (cit. above) 

 the following most valuable note: » There are three types 

 of Horsfield's Merula javanica in the British Museum , 

 which are apparently male, female, and young. The adults 

 differ from all other Javan examples kwown, in having 

 the chestnut restricted to the belly, and not extending to 

 the flanks. The white on the under tail-coverts is also 

 reduced to a shaft-line in the male. It is possible that 

 they may have been procured on some other mountain , 

 and that il/. f umi da may be specifically distinct 

 from M. javanica. 



1) Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. XIII, 1S22, p. 148: «Turdus Javanicus mihi. T. 

 corpore fusco , striga gulari maculisque abdorainalibus obso.uris ferrugineis. — 

 Bochrit: Javanis. Lougitudo 8^ poll. — This species is nearly allied to Turdus 

 australis: it diÉfers by the dark ferrugineous colour of the under parts". 



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