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Tardus modestus, Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 103, "Malaya." 



Tardus verneri, Gene, Mem. Accad. Torino, xxxvii. p. 291, pi. — (1833). 



Tardus javanicus,? Horsf., apud Blyth, Cat. Calc. Mus. p. 161, no. 943, " Malacca," nee Horsf. 



Tardus davidianus, Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Archives, i. Bulletin, p. 26, " North China " (1865). 



Tardus chrysolaus, Temm., apud Godwin-Austen, J. A. S. B. xxxix. p. 103, nee Temm. 



Hah. Philippines (Bonaparte). 



The occurrence of this species in the Philippines, in itself highly probable, appears 

 to rest on no other good ground than the statement of Bonaparte [l. c). 



93. TURDUS CHETSOLAUS. 



Tardus chrysolaus, Temm. PI. Col. 537, "Japan" (1831); Fauna Japonica, Aves, p. 64, pi. 28; 

 Sclater, Ibis, 1863, p. 197, "Manilla." 



Mr. Sclater {I. c.) thus identified an example of a Philippine Thrush in Mr. Gould's 

 collection. 



Professor Newton (Hist. Brit. Birds, pt. iv. p. 254) mentions that Mr. Gould had 

 received an example of Tardus varius, Pallas, from Manilla. 



PITTID^. 



Erytheopitta, Bonaparte. 

 94. * Ertthropitta eeythrogastra. 



Pitta eiythroffostra, Temm. PI. Col. 212, " Pliilippines (1823). 



Brachyurus erythrogaster (Temm.), Elliot, Monogr. Pittidse, pi. xvi. ; Ibis, 1870, p. 417, no. 17. 



Apparently confined to the Philippines ; but the exact limits of its range within that 

 archipelago have yet to be ascertained. 



Melanopitta, Bonaparte. 

 95. * Melanopitta sordida. 

 Merula viridis atricapilla moluccensis, Brisson, Orn. ii. p. 319, no. 57, "Moluccas." 

 Merle des Philippines, D'Aubent. PI. Enl. 89. 



Breve des Philippines, Month. Hist. Nat. Ois. iii. p. 412, " Philippines." 

 Tardus sordidus, L. S. Muller, Suppl. p. 143, no. 51 (1776), ex D'Aubent. 

 Tardus brevicauda, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 6 (1783), ex D'Aubent. 



Corvus philippensis (C. brachyurus, var. /3) Gm. S. N. i. p. 375, no. 15 (1788), ex Brisson. 

 Citta melanocephala, Wagler, Syst. Av. " Corvus," no. 14 (1837), ex Gm. ; nee Forster. 

 Pitta atricapilla, Cuv., Lesson, Tr. p. 394, "ManiUe" (1831) ; Compl. Buffon, p. 501 (1840), nen 



Muller & Scblegel. 

 Pitta macrorhyncha, J. E. Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 3, "Philippine Islands" (1831). 

 Pitta atricapilla, Temm. PI. Col. Tabl. Method, p. 16 (1832), ex D'Aubent. 



