TURDUS VARIUS. 



the back and on the wing coverts. On the lower part of the back, and on the 

 uropyo'ium and its sides, the bands succeed each other again, at nearly equal distances, 

 and they are narrower, and arranged more regularly transverse. The quill-feathers 

 are brown, with an exterior margin of the general testaceous colour ; they have 

 also a narrow terminal band of the same. The two exterior tail-feathers have the 

 general testaceous colour of the other parts, rather more diluted ; the two following 

 are blackish brown, and on the intermediate feathers the colour is less intense. 

 Underneath, both the quill-feathers and the tail-feathers are brown, inclining to gray. 

 Of the under parts, the ground colour of the throat, the lower part of the breast, 

 the abdomen, and the vent, is whitish : the upper part of the breast has a very 

 diluted testaceous tint ; all these parts are transversely barred with the most intense 

 brown, inclining to black. On the throat, in the middle, the transverse bands are 

 very obscure ; on the sides are two interrupted lines, between which the bands are 

 more distinct and numerous. On the lower parts of the neck, both in the iniddle 

 and at the sides, the bands increase in nvimber and breadth. The breast is marked 

 with one principal transverse band ; this is followed by several, which are irregular 

 and interrupted, and they increase in number downward on the sides of the 

 breast and abdomen, and on the hypochondriee: all these parts are crowded with 

 intensely black bands, formed hj the extremities of the plumes covering them, and 

 which, by being either regularly transverse, circular, or slightly angular, exhibit a 

 very beautiful succession of marks. In the axilla is a large tuft of plumes with 

 silky barbs, white at the base, and black at the extremity. On the thighs and on 

 the vent the bands are more delicate, and slightly blended with the testaceous tint, 

 which is diffused over these parts. The legs, toes, and claws are brown, with a 

 lustre of wax-yellow. The bill is blackish and shining, resembling horn ; the lower 

 mandible, near the base, is of a pale hue. 



