132 Nolices respecting New Books. 



Fam. Laniad.'e. Sub-fam. Edolian^, Swains.* 



Irena. Char. gen. — Rostrum mediocre, cultratum ; max- 

 illa apice adunca emarginata. Culmen arcuatum, elevatum, 

 iiiter nares carinatum, utrinque a basi iilti'a medium usque 

 sulco obsolete exaratum, lateribus subconvexis. Naves ba- 

 sales subrotundae, vibrissis rigidis pliimisque velutinis obtectae. 

 Ala Cauda breviores. Remiges: 2 — 6 externe emarginatae, 

 3 — 6 longioves subaequales ; secunda sequente abrupte bre- 

 vior, prima subspuria. Cauda mediocris, truncata. Ta7'si 

 digitique breves. Acropodia scutulata. Ungues parvi, for- 

 tius curvati, debiles. 



Irena puclla. I. atra, corpora colloque supra cervice tec- 

 tricibusque alarum primis, caudaeque superioribus et inferiori- 

 bus cyaneis, nitore saturato azureo. Brcssi, of the Javanese; 

 Biafig-kapoor, of the Sumatran Malays. Found in Java, 

 Sumatra, and the adjacent islands. 



Fam. Merulidte. 



Oriolus xanlhonotus. O. ater, pectore et ventre albidis nigi'o 

 striatis, dorso urojjygio scapulis axillis crisso rectricibusque 

 interne flavis, rostro rubescente, pedibus nigris. Attat, of the 

 Javanese. Found solitary in a few circumscribed situations 

 in Java. 



Turdus varins. T. supra castaneo-testaceus, pennis apice 

 atro-fuscis, subtus albidus nigro fasciatus, pectore fascia una 

 hypochondriis fasciis pluribus latioribus, remigibus margine 

 rectricibus extimis totis testaceis, vertice obsolete-cristato. 

 Ayani-ai/aman, of the Javanese. Inhabits the thick forests 

 which cover the mountain Prahu. 



T. cjjancus. T. niger, nitore cyaneo saturatissimo. Arrcng- 

 arre?igan, of tlie Javanese. Lives retired in the closest forests, 

 and is very rarely observed. 



Timalia. Char, essent. — Rostrum validum, compressum, 

 altum. Maxilla arcuata, lateribus planis, ciilmine aniplo ro- 

 tundato levissime emarginato. Mandihula robusta. Nares 

 subrotundas in fovea sitas. Alec breves rotundat£e. Cauda 

 elongata gradata. Pedes validi. Unguis posticus medio an- 

 tico duplo major. 



T. pileata. T. subolivaceo-fiisca, pileo castaneo, gula jugu- 

 loque albis nigro lineatis, abdomine sordide testaceo. Daivit, 

 or Gogo-stite, of the Javanese. — This species is not unfrequent 

 in the groves and small woods which abound in every part of 

 Java. " It often approaches the villages and plantations, and 

 constructs its nests in the hedges ; it is one of the social birds 

 which delight to dwell in the neighbourhood of cultivation. In 



* Zoo). Jonrn. vol. i. p, 305. 



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