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nature, and one of the genus is the true 'Bulbul' of 

 the East." 



The adult male and female have the top of the 

 head, cheeks, and throat, dull brown; nape, mantle, 

 back, arid rump, a dull earthy brown; the whole of 

 the wing same colour, but rather more shining. Chest 

 and sides a clear brown; middle of the belly whitish 

 brown; abdomen and upper tail coverts dull white; 

 tail unicolorous blackish brown; beak and feet black. 



With this bird I complete the description of the 

 Thrushes and their allies. The two Water Ouzels 

 admitted by some authors, namely, Cinclus pallasii 

 and C. melanog aster, would, according to the arrange- 

 ment of Temminck, follow next; but there is, I think, 

 no doubt that the last is a variety of C. aquaticus, a 

 well-known British bird, while the former is only an 

 inhabitant of Siberia, and that proof of its having been 

 found in the Crimea, as stated by Temminck, is 

 wanting. They are excluded by Schlegel and Degland, 

 and therefore I shall follow their example. 



I bring here my first volume to a close, a number 

 or so sooner than I intended, to avoid breaking in 

 upon the next group, the Sylviadce, which will occupy 

 the first six or seven numbers of Volume II. In 

 dealing with this family, I shall follow the arrangement 

 of Count Von der Miihle, and avail myself largely of 

 the information derived from his excellent "Monographia 

 der Europaischen Sylvien." 



I shall of course in the progress of the work be 

 thankful for any information, which those possessing it 

 may wish to impart, so as to render it as perfect as 



