220 Mr. ViGORs's aîid Dr. Horstield's Description of the 



and the first almost spurious. The tail is long and graduated, 

 which in the true Thrushes is even ; and the scales on the cicro- 

 tarsia are strongly conspicuous, Avhile the tarsi of the Thrushes 



are entire. 



The genus appears very nearly allied to TimaUa, Horsf., in 

 its oeneral conformation. But it does not possess the elevated 

 culmcn of the bill so conspicuous in that group ; nor is the dis- 

 position of the quill-feathers the same. In these respects TimaUa 

 comes nearer to Tardus, Auct. The tarsi of our genus appear 

 somewhat more elevated than is usual in this family ; and from 

 what ^Ir. Caley says of the habits of the birds which compose the 

 type of the group, we conjecture that they indicate the approach 

 of the present subfamily to the Rock and Groutid Thrashes, which 

 form the next succeeding divisions of the extensive group of 

 MerulidiE. 



1. PuNCTATUM. Cine, supra fusco-brunneam fusco-nigro stri- 

 gatuni; tccnia superciliari, macula utrinque hngitudinali gut- 

 turali, punctis tcctricum, apicibus rcctricum, abdomineque 

 medio, albis ; gulà,juguU medio, maculis pectoralibus laterali- 

 bus crissique nitescenfi-nigris ; pectore griseo. 



Fœm. Gulâ macuUsque gntturaUbus ferrugineo-lulcis. 



Turdus punctatus. Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp. p. xliv. no. 23. 



Punctated Thrush. Id. Gen. IJist. v. p. 130. no. I69. 



Mr. Caley says, that the weight of the male was 4 ounces. He 

 adds : " This species is by no means plentifully to be met with. 

 It inhabits the small forest scrubs, and is frequently started from 

 the ground. It appears to be more constantly on the ground 

 than in the trees, taking a short tlight on being disturbed, and 

 then again alighting on the ground a little further off." 



Fam. 



