ГЕ. 
MERULA SCHLEGELI (Selater). 
SCHLEGEL’S CHESTNUT-BREASTED OUZEL. 
Turdus (Merula) fumidus, pt., S. Müller, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. Ind., Land- en Volkenk. 
р. 201, note (1839-1844). 
Turdus schlegeli, Sclater, Ibis, 1861, p. 280; Wallace, P. 7. S. 1863, p. 485; Sclater, Ibis, 1875, 
р. 347. 
Turdus javanicus, pt., Gray, Hand-1. В. 1. p. 255. по. 3705 (1869). 
Merula javanica, pt., Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 279 (1881). 
Merula schlegeli, Büttik. Notes Leyden Mus. ху. p. 109 (1892); Seebohm, Ibis, 1893, р. 221; 
Finsch, Notes Leyden Mus. xx. p. 228 (1898). 
М. similis M. fumide, sed pallidior: preesertim gutture et przepectore dilutioribus distinguenda : abdomine crissoque 
castaneis, minimé albis : subcaudalibus rhachidibus pallidis vix striatis. 
Tuis is the representative of M. fumida in the Island of Timor, and the type specimen in the 
Leyden Museum is still the only one known. It was discovered by Salomon Müller in the interior 
of Timor in the Penpaan Valley near the mountain of Micomaffo. Ав Dr. Finsch points out, the 
altitude at which M. schlegeli lives must be considerable, as Müller remarks that he had never 
experienced such cold before either in Timor or Java. 
The species was considered by Müller to be identical with his Zurdus fumidus from Java, and 
more recently Seebohm considered the Ouzels of Timor and Java to be identical. 7. schlegeli was, 
however, specifically separated by Dr. Sclater in 1861, and both Dr. Büttikofer and Dr. Finsch, who 
have had the opportunity of comparing the type of M. schlegeli with Javan examples of M. fumida, 
pronounce the Timor bird to be distinct. | 
Dr. Büttikofer writes :—“ This species is easily distinguished from M. javanica [i.e. M. fumida 
ofthis work] by the paler colour, especially of the head, neck, throat, and chest, by the vent and 
centre of the abdomen being chestnut instead of white, and by the absence of the white shaft-streaks 
on the under tail-coverts.” Similar distinctive characters are given by Dr. Finsch, and it seems to me 
probable that М. whiteheadi will ultimately turn out to be the nearest ally of М. schlegeli, rather 
than M. fumida. 
I am unable to give a detailed description of this species, as I have not had an opportunity of 
examining the type specimen in the Leyden Museum. ГЕ. В. 5.) 
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