T URDUS VARIUS. 
Oed. II™ fl Les Passereaux, Cuvier. I" Famille. Les Dentirostres. 
Ord, III™ Insecttvores, Temminek, 
Ord. VL Passeres, Linn. Syst 
Ord. IT. Ambulatokes, Illiger, Fam. 11, Canori. 
TURDUS, Linn. 
Char. Gen. — Rostrum mediocre, cultratum, apice compresso, deflexo, mesorhinio 
compresso. Tomia integerrima, maxillaria utrinsecus pone apicem emarginata. 
Nares basales, laterales, nuda?, superne membrana semiclausse, inferne foramine 
ovali patentes. Lingua fimbriata, apice emarginata. Pedes arabulatorii, medi- 
ocres, congrui. Acrotarsia apt scutulata, aut supra caligata, infra scutulata. 
Acrodactyla scutulata. (IUiger.) 
Tardus supra castaneo-testaceus pennis apice atro-fuscis, subtus albidus nigro 
fasciatus, pectore fascia una hypochondriis faseiis pluribus latioribus, remigibus 
margine rectricibus extimis totis testaceis, vertice obsolete-cristato. 
Ayam-ayaman of the Javanese. 
Turd us varius, Horsf. Syst. Arrangement of Birds from Java, Linn. Trans, 
Vol. XIII. p. 14®, 
THE Turdus varius belongs to the first section which Mr. Temminck has 
established in this genus with the denomination of Sihains. It inhabits the thick 
forests which cover the Mountain Prahu, and, as far as my observations extend, it 
never leaves a region elevated between 6 and 7000 feet above the level of the ocean. 
On this circumscribed region it is extremely abundant. Its food consists chiefly of 
insects and worms. It is easily surprised by the natives : during my last visit to this 
mountain, I obtained in the course of a few days a great number of individuals. I 
never found it in any other part of Java. 
The entire length is ten inches and three-fourths. The upper parts are of a 
testaceous brown colour, either uniform, as on the extremity of the wings and on the 
tail, or transversely barred with deep blackish-brown, as on the head, neck, coverts 
of the wings, and back. On the head and neck the transverse bands are narrow, and 
crowded together ; they are broader, and less regularly disposed on the upper part of 
