TURDUS GUTTATUS.— Vigors. 



AvEs.— Plate XXXIX. 



T. supeme flavo-brunneus, subtus albus plus minusve pallide flavo-brunneo-ncbulatus ; capitis lateribus 

 strigis tribiis nigro-bninneis variatis ; pectore abdomincqiic guttis subrotuiulis bruniieis notatis ; 

 tectricibus alarum rectricibusque tribus utrinque lateralibus ad apicem albis ; rostro sordid^ rufo- 

 brunneo ; mandibula inferiore ad basin viridi-flava; oculis bruniieis; pedibus viridi-flavis. 



LoxGlTUDO corporis cum capite 5 J imc ; caudre, 4 unc. 



TuRDUS GUTTATUS, Vigors. Proceedings of Zoological Society, 1831, p. 92. 



Colour. — The upper parts of the head, the back of the neck, the inter- 

 scapulars, back, shoulders and tail intermediate between honey-yellow and 

 orange-brown (rich yellowish brown) ; eye-brows and sides of head white 

 tinted with yellowish brown, and the latter is besides variegated with three 

 umber-brown stripes and a number of minute broMU spots ; two of the stripes 

 originate immediately behind the eye and enclose the ear coverts, the third 

 commences at the base of the lower mandible and terminates about the 

 middle of the neck. Chin, throat, sides of neck, breast, belly, vent, and 

 under tail coverts white ; the sides of the breast are tinted with yellowish 

 brown, and each of the feathers of the breast and belly has a roundish 

 umber-brown spot at its tip. Lesser wing coverts and primary and 

 secondary quill coverts umber-brown, with the middle portion of each of the 

 outer vanes of the primary coverts light yellowish brown, the tips of the 

 other feathers pure white. The inner vanes of the quill feathers dull umber- 

 brown, the outer vanes dull wood-brown and edged particularly towards 

 their bases with dirty cream-yellow ; the tail is of the same colour as the 

 back, and the three lateral feathers of each side are broadly tipt with white, 

 more especially the outermost, the inner vane of which is white for more than 

 an inch from the tip. Bill dull reddish brown, with the lower mandible 

 towards the base greenish yellow. Legs and claws greenish yellow. 



Form, &c. — Typical. Bill nearly straight, moderately compressed, and 

 the culmen slightly arched. Wings when folded reach some way over the 

 second third of the tail ; the first quill feather rudimentary, the fourth and 



