MERULIDiE. 



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Rictus setis rigidis ornatus. 



Nares membrana plumosa 



obtecti. 

 Tarsi elongati. 

 Cauda mediocris, aequalis. 



Gape furnished with stiff 

 bristles. 



Nostrils covered with a plu- 

 mose membrane. 



Tarsi elongated. 



Tail moderate, equal. 



Sp. 1. My. metallicus. /Temm. PI. Col. 170. 



My. obscure cyaneus capite abdomineque saturatioribus ; remi^ 

 gium apicibus nigricantibus ; genis collo pectoreque chalybeo 

 maculatis. 



Dull blue Myoplionus with the head and abdomen darkest ; the 

 tips of the quills dusky 3 the cheeks, neck, and breast with 

 steel-coloured spots. 



Inhabits Java. Length twelve inches : the general 

 colour of the entire plumage is dull blue, changing 

 according to the light to brighter shades ; the head 

 and abdomen being the^arkest, and the tips of the 

 quills nearly dusky : the feathers of the breast, neck, 

 and cheeks, are adorned with shining steel spots : and 

 the edges of those of the back and the wing-coverts 

 are of the same colour : the beak is yellow, with a 

 black keel : the legs are black. 



Sp. 2. My? cyaneus. 



My? cyaneus saturatissimus, capite remigibus rectricibus externe 



et subtus ventreque nigris. 

 Deep-blue Myophonus ? with the head, quills, the tail-feathers 



without and beneath, and the belly black. 

 Turdus cyaneus. Linn. Trans. (Horsf.) xiii. 149- — Pitta glau- 



cina. Temm. PI. Col. 194. 



Inhabits Java. Length nine inches and a half : 

 beak and legs black : the general colour of this bird 

 is deep blue violet, changing according to the light 



