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Sub-Family II. COCHOANIN&. 



VII. COCHOA, Hodgs. 



(Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 2, 1879.) 



\Cf. Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 158 (1890).] 



1. purpurea, Hodgs. (iv. p. 3.) 



Himalayas 

 (Kumaon to 

 Sikhim). 



Tenasserim. 



2. beccarii, Salvad., Ann. Mus. Genov. xiv, p. 228 Sumatra. 

 (1879). 



3. viridis, Hodgs. (iv. p. ,2.) 



Himalayas 

 (Kumaon to 

 Assam). Manipur. 

 W. China. 



4. azurea (Temm.). (iv. p. 4.) 



Java. 



Sub-Family III. TURDINM* 



VIII. MIMOCICHLA, Sclater. 



(Seebohm, Cat. B- Brit. Mus. v. p.280, 1881.) 



1. rubripes (Temm.). (p. 283.) 



Cuba. 



* The arrangement of the Turdinte, as here set forth, is founded on the scheme 

 proposed by Dr. Stejneger in 1883, with certain changes and modifications. 

 Dr. Stejneger's essay deals mainly with the American ThriiBhes, and does not always 

 apply to some of the Old-World forms. He has, however, very cleverly pointed out 

 characters which had been overlooked by previous writers on this group of birds, and 

 his classification is in every way superior to that of the ' Catalogue of Birds.' The 

 arrangement of the true Turdidce into Thrushes (Turdus) and Blackbirds (Merula) 

 breaks down on close examination ; but a more prolonged study is necessary before an 

 arrangement, satisfactory to all ornithologists, can be arrived at. A further sub-division 

 of the genus Morula is absolutely necessary. The sequence of genera adopted in the 



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