194 MERULOLE. 



Elbe. One of these was lately obtained in a fresh state 

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

 twenty-first part of 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, particularly, 

 it will be seen that Lord Malmesbury's Hampshire Thrush, 

 the Hamburgh specimen, and that from Japan, appear 

 to be identical; while that from Java, Mr. Bigg's bird, and 

 the specimen from Australia, appear also to be identical. 



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- 

 marks that in his Hamburgh specimen also the beak was 

 smaller than those of the Eastern specimens. 



