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Inhabits Java, and other Indian islands. Length 

 eight inches and a half: behind and beneath the eyes 

 is a small naked space : the eyes are bounded by a 

 small circle of serrated feathers : the top of the head, 

 and the edges of the wing and tail-feathers are of a 

 beautiful azure : the occiput and nape, the sides of 

 the neck and the rump are deep blue : the middle of 

 the wing and tail-feathers is dusky-blue : the feathers 

 of the back are olive-brown, with blue belts, more or 

 less brilliant according to the light : from the base of 

 the beak to the middle of the belly is olive-brown ; 

 the rest of the under parts is dusky-blue: the back 

 and legs are black. The female has all the lower 

 part of the body dusky blue, and the colours in ge- 

 neral less brilliant than the male. 



Sp. 7. Br ? jocosus. 



Lanius jocosus. Shaw, v. vii. — Lanius emeria. Shaw, v. vii. 



Sp. 8. Br? perspicillatus. 



Turdus perspicillatus. Steph. x. 239. pi. 23. 



Sp. 9. Br? phoenicopterus. 



Bb ? ceneo-niger cceruleo violaceoque nitens ; alls cauddque obscure 

 nigris, pennis margine ceneo-viridis; tectricibus alarum rubris. 



Brassy-black Brachypus ? glossed with blue and violet ; with the 

 wings and tail dull black ; the feathers margined with brassy- 

 green ; the wing-coverts red. 



Turdus phoenicopterus. Temm. PL Col. 71. 



Inhabits Senegal. The entire plumage is of a 

 fine bronzed black, glossed with bluish and violet : 

 the wings and tail are dull black, with all the fea- 

 thers edged with metallic green : the wing-coverts are 

 bright red : the beak and legs are black. 



