218 -I//'. ViGORs's a/îcZ Dr. Hors FI eld's Description of the 



Fam. MERiLiDiE. 



Subfam. ]Mviotiierixa. Sicains. 



Genus. Pitta. J'ieill. 



1. Braciiyura. Fit. viridia, subtus fernigineo-fnlva ; tœniâ 

 supercUiari pallicU fidva ; capite, pteiomatibiis, remigibus, 

 caudùque ad apicem ferè, nigris ; gula maculàqiie alarum al- 

 bis ; ptilis uropygioque cceruleis, macuh'i media abdominali 

 crissoque coccineis. 



Corvus brachyurus, var. r, ? Lath. I/id. Orn. p. KJG. no. 43. 



Short-tailed Crow, var. F? Jd. Gen. Ili^f. iii. p.6S. no. yl. 



AVe have great doubts whether this bird and all the other 

 varieties, described by Dr. Latham as belonging to this species, 

 are varieties only. We have not, however, sufficient grounds to 

 make any decided observations on the subject. 



Subfam. ]\Ierulixa. 

 Genus. Ti^rdus. Linn, et Auct. 



1. Var I us. T. castaneo-festaceus, pennis apice perfuscis, remi- 

 gibus fuscis externe castaneo-testaceis, abdominc albido, latc- 

 ribus castaneo et nigro variis, rectricibus subtus fuscescentibus, 

 crisso albido nigroque tenuiter fasciato. Horsf. in Linn. 

 Trans, vol. xiii. p 149. 



Turdus varius. Ilorsf. Zool. Ixescarches in Java. 



In the general characters of the bill, wings and legs, and in 

 the disposition of its colours, this species accords suthciently 

 well with the European group of the genviine Turdus to autho- 

 rize us to refer it to that genus. We must however observe, 

 that in the few specimens which we have seen of the bird, the 

 under mandible is considerably shorter than the upper. ^Vhether 



this 



