TURDUS VARIUS. 
the back and on the wing coverts. On the lower part of the back, and on the 
uropygium and its sides, the bands succeed each other again, at nearly equal distances, 
and they are narrower, and arranged more regularly transverse. The quill-feathers 
are brown, with an exterior margin of the general testaceous colour; they have 
also a narrow terminal band of the same. The two exterior tail-feathers have the 
general testaceous colour of the other parts, rather more diluted ; the two following 
are blackish brown, and on the intermediate feathers the colour is less intense. 
Underneath, both the quill-feathers and the tail-feathers are brown, inclining to gray, 
Of the under parts, the ground colour of the throat, the lower part of the breast, 
the abdomen, and the vent, is whitish : the upper part of the breast has a very 
diluted testaceous tint ; all these parts are transversely barred with the most intense 
brown, inclining to black. On the throat, in the middle, the transverse bands are 
very obscure ; on the sides are two interrupted lines, between which the bands are 
more distinct and numerous. On the lower parts of the neck, both in the middle 
and at the sides, the bands increase in number and breadth. The breast is marked 
with one principal transverse band ; this is followed by several, which are irregular 
and interrupted, and they increase in number downward on the sides of the 
breast and abdomen, and on the hypochondria} : all these parts are crowded with 
intensely black bands, formed by the extremities of the plumes covering them, and 
which, by being either regularly transverse, circular, or slightly angular, exhibit a 
very beautiful succession of marks. In the axilla is a large tuft of plumes with 
silky barbs, white at the base, and black at the extremity. On the thighs and on 
the vent the bands arc more delicate, and slightly blended with the testaceous tint, 
which is diffused over these parts. The legs, toes, and claws are brown, with a 
lustre of wax-yellow. The bill is blackish and shining, resembling horn ; the lower 
mandible, near the base, is of a pale hue. 
