144 WHITE'S THRUSH. 



two specimens said to have been shot, one in the New 

 Forest, Hampshire, and one at Heron Court, Christchurch, 

 the seat of the Earl of Malmesbury. It is therefore some- 

 times called the Hampshire Thrush. Macorillivray terms it 



WHITE S THRUSH. 



the Variegated Thrush (Turdus varius). Specimens iden- 

 tical with this have been sent from Java and Australia. 

 Dr. Horsfield in his l Zoological Eesearches in Java,' states 

 that the bird inhabits the thick forests which cover the 

 mountain Prahu, and that as far as his observation goes, it 

 never leaves a region between six and seven thousand feet 

 above the level of the ocean. On this circumscribed region 

 it is extremely abundant. Its food consists chiefly of insects 

 and worms. It is easily surprised by the natives. Some 

 naturalists, however, consider Lord Malmesbury's specimen, 

 and those from Java, as distinct species, but this is a ques- 

 tion which at present it is impossible to decide. The bird 

 here figured is about 10 i inches long, and has a plumage 

 of yellowish brown upon the upper parts, lunated with 

 brownish black ; throat, neck, breast and sides white, with 

 a yellowish tinge below the throat, also lunated with 

 brownish black. The bird has all the characteristics of the 

 genus Turdince. 



