190 MERULIDJE. 



Sp. 4. Br. Capensis. 



Turdus Capensis. Steph. x. 21 G. — Lc Brunet. Lc Vaill. Ois. 

 d'Afriq. iii. pi. 105. 

 Sp. 5. Br. dispar. 

 Br. remigibus rectricibusque Jiiscis ; externe dorsoque crocco-oli- 



vaceis ; capite maris atro, gida coccinea ; JwmincE? concolore. 

 Brachypus with the quills and tail-feathers brown; the outer edges 



and back yellowish-olive ; the head of the male dark coloured ; 



with a scarlet throat ; of the female ? coucolorous. 

 Turdus dispar. Linn. Trans. (Horsf.) v. xiii. p. 150. — Temm. 



PL Col. 137. 



Inhabits Java. Length six inches and a half: 

 remarkable for the singular feathers which cover the 

 throat in the male ; these feathers are of a texture 

 resembling those at the tips of the secondary quills 

 of the Wax-wings (Bombycilla Bohemica), and of a 

 bright vermilion : the head and neck are deep black : 

 the back, the wings, and the outer edges of the fea- 

 thers of the latter are olive-yellow : the tail is dusky- 

 brown : the breast is reddish-yellow : the rest of the 

 under parts pure yellow : the beak is black, and the 

 legs ashy. The females ? are destitute of the black 

 on the head, that part being dusky in them : they 

 also want the beautiful gular feathers, and the general 

 colour of their plumage is less brilliant : the throat 

 and the breast are of a whitish hue. 



Sp. G. Pr. azureus. 



Br. cyaneus dor so olivacco-fusco cccrulco fasciato ; gida pectorc 



ventreque antice olivaceo-fuscis ; pone hifrcique ocidos nudus. 

 Blue Brachypus with the back olive- brown, barred with blue; 



the throat, breast, and anterior part of the breast olive-brown ; 



the space behind and beneath the eyes uakcd. 

 Turdus azureus. Tamil. PL Co/. 274. 



