TURDUS CYANEUS. 



Ord. II°° Les Passereaux, Cuvier. 1'? Famille, Les Dentirostres. 



Ord. 111"?° Insectivores, Temminck. 



Ord. III. Passeres, Linn. Syst. 



Ord. II. Ambulatores, IlUger. Fam. 11, Canori. 



TURDUS, izm &c. 



Char. Gen. — Rostrum mediocre, cultratum, apice compresso deflexo, mosorhinio 

 compresso. Tomia integerrima, maxillaria utrinsecus pone apicem emarginata. 

 Nares basales, laterales, nud«, superne membrana semiclaus«, inferne foramine 

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

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

 Acordactyla scutulata. (IlUger.) 



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Turdus niger, nitore cyaneo saturatissimo. 

 Arreng-arrengan, of the Javanese. 



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

 Vol. XIII. p. 149. 



The Turdus cyaneus is nearly allied to the Turdus varius, which was de- 

 scribed in the Second Number of these Researches. Both birds belong to the 

 Syhains of M. Temminck, which constitute the first section of this genus. Like 

 the Turdus varius, our bird never descends into the plains, but conceals itself in the 

 forests which cover the mountains and hiQs, from an elevation of 4000 to 6000 feet 

 above the level of the ocean. It has a more extensive range than the Turdus varius, 

 but it is very rarely observed, living retired in the closest forests. During my 

 residence in Java, I obtained only three individuals of this species. Its food 

 consists almost exclusively of berries. 



This bird, the Turdus varius, and several other species of Turdus from the 

 Eastern Islands, have an affinity, which has been pointed out concisely in the 



