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parts, including the tail-coverts, are white ; the feathers of the 

 under tail-coverts, however, on closer examination show that 

 their basal halves are black; and the white feathers on the abdo- 

 men are apparently the same ; the bill is yellow, except the 

 base of the ridge of the u-pper mandible, which is blackish ; the 

 legs and claws are dirty yellowish. An adult in moult or a young 

 male changing to adult plumage was brought to me, June 

 30th, 1866, and deserves special description. The upper man- 

 dible considerably overlaps the lower, the bill is dirty yellow, 

 darker at the base of the ridge of the upper mandible ; the legs 

 and claws are dirty chrome-yellow, lighter on the soles of the 

 feet. The plumage of the head is partially brown, partially 

 black; and therefore I am inclined to consider this a young male 

 in change. The flanks ai'e banded with dark brown, the remiges 

 are brown, but the secondary and tertiary coverts are black. 

 There is a broad white patch on the interior webs of the quills 

 about their middle, forming a conspicuous white wing-band as 

 seen from underneath ; the under wing-coverts just below the 

 shoulder (which is black) are white, followed by a broad edging 

 of dark brown. This specimen was found near vvatei", according 

 to the statement of my native hunters. The next day a female 

 and young, which were shot together, were brought in. The 

 female is not unlike the English Song-Thrush in general appear- 

 ance, spotted brown and white on the throat, breast, and flanks, 

 but with rather more rufous on the throat. The belly and under 

 tail-coverts white, the latter edged with brown on the exterior 

 web, but not at the tip. It has a light brown supercilium, and 

 all the upper parts of an olive-brown colour. The bill has the 

 upper mandible brown, the lower dirty yellow, as are also the legs. 

 The wing-band, seen from below, is light rufous. The secondary 

 and tertial coverts, which in the male are tipped with white, 

 are in the female of a light rufous colour. 



The fully-fledged young, which is probably a young male, is 

 like the female, but much darker on the upper parts. The edges 

 of the wing-coverts are more conspicuously marked with rufous 

 and the markings on the throat and breast are altogether darker. 

 The bill is as in the female ; but the legs are of a light flesh- 

 colour, with yellow soles. The irides are a])parently reddish- 



