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varia, it differs (judging both from recollection of Javanese specimens 

 and from comparison with Dr. Horsfield's figure,) in having much 

 shorter and smaller tarsi. The plumage would, however, appear to 

 be the same : and the beak is particularly long and coarse, having 

 absolutely the character of Zoothera but little subdued. Length 

 about ten inches, of wing five and a quarter, and tail three and a half ; 

 bill to gape an inch and a half, and tarse but an inch and one-eighth ; 

 middle toe and claw one and a quarter : the first primary an inch and 

 three-eighths, and the second three eighths of an inch shorter than the 

 third, fourth, and fifth, which are equal. From the Neilgherries. 



O. varia, (Horsfield,) Lin. Trans. XIII, 149; Zool. Res. in Java, 

 with coloured figure. Malay countries. 



4. O. dauma,* (Lath.), Strickland, in epistold: Turdus Whitei, 

 Eyton ; O. parvirostris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p 136 (a small female). 

 From the numerous specimens which I have seen, I feel convinced that 

 Mr. Gould's O. parvirostris may be referred as above. The species 

 appears to be common in the Himalaya, and can hardly be considered 

 rare in Lower Bengal during the cold season, when it is generally met 

 with among bamboos. It also occurs in central and southern India : 

 and, as a rare and accidental straggler, has been met with in South 

 Britain and Ireland, and some other parts of the west of Europe. 

 The beak of O. dauma is that of an ordinary Turdus, and its colour- 

 ing only refers it to the present group. 



5. O. spiloptera, nobis, n. s. Length about eight inches and a half, 

 of wing four inches, and tail three and a quarter : bill to gape above an 

 inch, and tarse an inch and a quarter. Colour uniform rich olive- 

 brown above, inclining to tawney ; below white, with black spots nearly 

 resembling those of the Missel Thrush : middle of throat, lower abdo- 

 men, vent and lower tail-coverts, spotless: wing- coverts black, mar- 

 gined more or less with the hue of the back, and each conspicuously 

 tipped with a pure white spot. Bill blackish, and very robust : the 

 tarsi brown and slender. Inhabits Ceylon. 



Turdus, L., as restricted. 



6. T. viscivorus, Lin. The European Missel Thrush is common 

 in the N. W. Himalaya. 



* Intended for Duma, the Hindoostanee equivalent for Thrush. 



