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91 —VARIED THRUSH. 



Turdus varius, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 149. — Horsfield. Zool. Research, plate in Vol. ii. 



LENGTH eleven inches. Plumage testaceous chestnut ; tips of 

 the feathers deep brown ; quills brown, edged outwardly with testa- 

 ceous chestnut; chin whitish, slightly variegated with brown ; belly 

 whitish, mixed with chestnut and black on the sides ; vent tenderly 

 fasciated with whitish and black ; tail brownish beneath. 



Inhabits Java, and there named Ayam-ayaman. Is found in 

 great abundance in the thick forests which cover the Mountain Prahn, 

 six or seven thousand feet above the level of the ocean, but not in 

 any other part of Java. 



92 — CYANEOUS THRUSH. 



Turdus cyaneus, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 149. 



LENGTH nine inches and a half. Bill and legs black ; plumage 

 deep azure ; head and belly black ; outer edges of the quills and tail 

 also black. 



Inhabits Java. Dr. Horsfield thinks that this and the following 

 might form a distinct subdivision, in which the bill is long and 

 straight, and abruptly inflected at the extremity, and the back of it 

 broad, corneous, and forms a rounded prominent keel. 



93— YELLOW-BILLED THRUSH. 



Turdus flavirostris, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 149. 



LENGTH twelve inches. Bill yellow; plumage black; the 

 head, collar round the neck, chin, throat, and breast before, undu- 



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