TURDUS VARIUS. 



Ord. II"'' Les Passeeeaux, Cuvier. V-^ Famille. Les Dentirostres. 



Oed. III"^ Insectivoees, Temminck. 



Oed. VI. Passeees, Linn. Syst. 



Oed. II. Ambulatoees, Illiger. Fam. 11, Canori. 



TURDUS, Linn. 



Chae. Gen. — Rostrum mediocre, cultratum, apice compresso, deflexo, mesorhinio 

 compresso. Tomia integerrima, maxillaria utrinsecus pone apicem emarginata. 

 Nares basales, laterales, nuda, superne membrana semiclaus^, inferne foramine 

 ovali patentes. Lingua fimbriata, apice emarginata. Pedes ambulatorii, medi- 

 ocres, congrui. Acrotarsia aut scutulata, aut supra caligata, infra scutulata. 

 Acrodactyla scutulata. (Illiger.) 



Turdus supra castaneo-testaceus pennis apice atro-fuscis, subtus albidus nigro 

 fasciatus, pectore fascia una hypochondriis fasciis pluribus latioribus, remigibus 

 margine rectricibus extimis totis testaceis, vertice obsolete-cristato. 



Ayam-ayaman of the Javanese. 



Turdus varius, Horsf. Syst. Arrangement of Birds from Java, Linn. Trans. 

 Vol XIII. p. 149. 



The Turdus varius belongs to the first section which Mr. Temminck has 

 established in this genus with the denomination of Silvains. It inhabits the thick 

 forests which cover the Mountain Prahu, and, as far as my observations extend, it 

 never leaves a region elevated between 6 and 7000 feet above the level of the ocean. 

 On this circumscribed region it is extremely abvindant. Its food consists chiefly of 

 insects and worms. It is easily surprised by the natives : during my last visit to this 

 mountain, I obtained in the course of a few days a great number of individuals. I 

 never found it in any other part of Java. 



The entire length is ten inches and three-fovirths. The upper parts are of a 

 testaceous brown colour, either uniform, as on the extremity of the wings and on the 

 tail, or transversely barred with deep blackish-brown, as on the head, neck, coverts 

 of the wings, and back. On the head and neck the transverse bands are narrow, and 

 crowded together ; they are broader, and less regularly disposed on the upper part of 



