﻿On 
  the 
  Javan 
  Species 
  of 
  Merula. 
  

  

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  The 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  underparts 
  beneath 
  the 
  breast 
  is 
  slightly 
  

   paler 
  than 
  in 
  either 
  of 
  these 
  races, 
  the 
  dusky 
  spot 
  in 
  front 
  

   and 
  underneath 
  the 
  eye 
  is 
  much 
  less 
  distinct, 
  and 
  the 
  tail 
  

   appears 
  to 
  be 
  slightly 
  longer 
  (1-6). 
  I 
  have 
  proposed 
  to 
  call 
  

   this 
  species 
  Zosterops 
  neglecta 
  {cf. 
  Bull. 
  B. 
  O. 
  C. 
  no. 
  v. 
  

   p. 
  xxvi). 
  

  

  The 
  six 
  species 
  of 
  Javan 
  Zoster 
  opes 
  will 
  therefore 
  stand 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  (1) 
  Zosterops 
  fallax. 
  W. 
  Java. 
  

  

  (2) 
  Z.javanica. 
  W. 
  Java. 
  

  

  (3) 
  Z. 
  aiiriventer. 
  W. 
  Java. 
  

   {A) 
  Z.gaUio. 
  E.Java. 
  

  

  (5) 
  Z.Jlara. 
  W. 
  Java, 
  

  

  (6) 
  Z. 
  neglecta. 
  E. 
  Java. 
  

  

  Other 
  localities. 
  

  

  Sumatra. 
  

  

  Malay 
  Peuins., 
  Sumatra, 
  Borneo, 
  and 
  

   Timor. 
  

  

  Sumatra, 
  Borneo. 
  

  

  XX. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  Species 
  of 
  Merula 
  /oww^ 
  in 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Java. 
  

   By 
  Henry 
  Seebohm, 
  F.Z.S. 
  

  

  HoRsriELD^s 
  Ouzel 
  was 
  discovered 
  in 
  some 
  part 
  of 
  West 
  

   Java 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Horsfield 
  between 
  the 
  years 
  1811 
  and 
  1817, 
  and 
  

   was 
  described 
  by 
  him 
  in 
  a 
  paper 
  entitled 
  " 
  Systematic 
  

   Arrangement 
  and 
  Description 
  of 
  Birds 
  from 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  

   Java,^^ 
  which 
  was 
  read 
  at 
  a 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Linnean 
  Society 
  of 
  

   London 
  on 
  the 
  18th 
  of 
  April, 
  1820, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Turdus 
  

   javanicus 
  (Horsfield, 
  Trans. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  xiii. 
  p. 
  148). 
  The 
  

   types 
  were 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  the 
  East 
  India 
  

   Company 
  in 
  1819 
  (Horsf. 
  & 
  Moore, 
  Cat. 
  Birds 
  Mus. 
  E. 
  I. 
  C. 
  

   i. 
  p. 
  196), 
  and 
  are 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum*. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  was 
  rediscovered 
  in 
  West 
  Java 
  on 
  the 
  crater 
  

   of 
  Mount 
  Gedee, 
  about 
  8000 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  sea, 
  

  

  * 
  There 
  are 
  three 
  types 
  of 
  Horsfield's 
  M. 
  javanica 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum, 
  which 
  are 
  apparently 
  male, 
  female, 
  and 
  young. 
  The 
  adults 
  

   differ 
  from 
  all 
  other 
  Javan 
  examples 
  known 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  chestnut 
  

   restricted 
  to 
  the 
  belly, 
  and 
  not 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  flanks. 
  The 
  white 
  on 
  

   the 
  under 
  tail-coverts 
  is 
  also 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  shaft-line 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  It 
  is 
  

   possible 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  procured 
  on 
  some 
  other 
  mountain, 
  and 
  

   that 
  M. 
  fnmida 
  may 
  be 
  specifically 
  distinct 
  from 
  M. 
  javanica. 
  

  

  