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MERULID^. 



Sp. 4. Br. Capensis. 



Turdus Capensis. Steph. x. 216. — Le Brunet. Le Vaill. Ois. 

 d'Jfriq. iil pi. 105. 

 Sp. 5. Br. dispar. 



Br. remigibus rectricibusque Juscis ; externe dorsoque croceo-oli- 



mceis ; capite maris atro, gida coccinea; fozminos^ concolore. 

 Brachypus with the quills and tail-feathers brown; the outer edges 



and back yellowish-olive ; the head of the male dark coloured ; 



with a scarlet throat j of the female ? concolorous. 

 Turdus dispar. Linn. Trans. {Horsf.) v. xiii. p. 150. — Temm. 



PL Col. 137. 



Inhabits Java. Length six inches and a half : 

 remarkable for the singular feathers which cover the 

 throat in the male ; these feathers are of a texture 

 resembling those at the tips of the secondary quills 

 of the Wax-wings (Bombycilla Bohemica), and of a 

 bright vermilion : the head and neck are deep black : 

 the back, the wings, and the outer edges of the fea- 

 thers of the latter are olive-yellow : the tail is dusky- 

 brown : the breast is reddish-yellow : the rest of the 

 under parts pure yellow : the beak is black, and the 

 legs ashy. The females ? are destitute of the black 

 on the head, that part being dusky in them : they 

 also want the beautiful gular feathers, and the general 

 colour of their plumage is less brilliant : the throat 

 and the breast are of a whitish hue. 



Sp. 6. Pr. azureus. 



Br. cyaneus dor so olivaceo-fusco ccerideo Jasciato; gidd pedore 

 ventreque antice olimceo-^uscis ; pone infrdque oculos nudus. 



Blue Brachypus with the back olive-brown, barred with blue ; 

 the throat, breast, and anterior part of the breast olive-brown j 

 the space behind and beneath the eyes naked. 



Turdus azureus. Temm. PI. Col. 274. 



