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by Mr. Gould when at Hamburgh, and is figured in his 

 beautiful work on the Birds of Europe. This specimen 

 with a wing rather longer than the Japanese bird, is now 

 in the collection of T. B. L. Baker, Esq., of Hardwicke 

 Court, Gloucester. 



Dr. Horsfield's bird from Java, Turdus varius, mea- 

 sures ten inches and three-quarters ; the wing five inches 

 and four-eighths ; the first feather short ; the second and 

 sixth equal ; the third, fourth, and fifth also equal, and 

 the longest in the wing. 



Mr. Bigge's specimen is eleven inches and a half long ; 

 the wing five inches and four-eighths ; the first feather 

 short ; the second as long as the sixth ; the third, fourth, 

 and fifth of equal length, and the longest in the wing. 



An Australian specimen, also in the Museum of the 

 Zoological Society, measures twelve inches in length : the 

 wing five inches and four eighths ; the first feather short ; 

 the second shorter than the sixth ; the third, fourth, and 

 fifth nearly equal, and the longest. 



So much alike in their colour and markings are the six 

 birds just referred to, that one description would apply to 

 all : but in the relative size and structure of the wing, par- 

 ticularly, it will be seen that Lord Malmesbury's Hamp- 

 shire Thrush, the Hamburgh specimen, and that from 

 Japan, appear to be identical ; while that from Java, Mr. 

 Bigge's bird, and the specimen from Australia, appear also 

 to be identical. 



A specimen of this rare Thrush has been taken at Jemt- 

 land, in Sweden, and the occurrence recorded by C. J. 

 Sundevall, of Stockholm. 



In Lord Malmesbury's Thrush the beak is two lines 

 shorter, and the tarsus one line shorter, than the same 

 parts in either of the Eastern specimens, all of which in 

 these particulars are very nearly alike. Mr. Gould re- 



