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tip of the feather. The edges of the auriculars 

 are also tinted with the same colour, and the 

 whole under surface presents a rich but chaste 

 combination of colours and markings. The under 

 wing coverts and axillary feathers are of the 

 purest white, serving at once to distinguish the 

 Missel- Thrush from any state of the Javanese and 

 Indian species somewhat similarly dressed. Legs 

 are pale wood-brown. The length is from eleven 

 to eleven and a- half inches, and there is little 

 difference either in the size or colours in each 

 sex. 



The young have the upper plumage confusedly 

 barred with yellowish white, and have more gray 

 on the head and neck. The quills and coverts 

 have broader pale margins and tips, and the under 

 parts have a more yellow tinge. 



WHITE'S THRUSH. MERULA WHITEI 



Merula Whitei, Whites Thrush. Turdus Whitei, 

 Eytons Rarer Brit. Birds. Gould. YarrelL 

 We have been unable to see any of the specimens 

 procured in England of the bird which has been 

 figured and described by the above quoted au- 

 thors, under the name of White's Thrush, and 

 as there can be no doubt of its being an addition 

 to the British Fauna, we give the substance of 

 what is known regarding it, acknowledging our 

 information to be derived from the descriptions 

 of these gentlemen only. The proper situation 

 for its introduction seems to be after the Missel- 

 Thrush : at the same time there is a considerable 



