TURDUS STREPITANS. 
narrow and distinctly notched near the tip ; culmen between nostrils elevated 
and rounded, towards the point of bill strongly curved ; nasal fosses large and 
membranous, the nostrils narrow longitudinal slits near to the edges ot man- 
dible ; wings short and rounded, and when folded they reach over the first half 
of the tail ; the first quill feather rudimentary, the third rather the longest, 
the second and fourth of equal length and scarcely shorter than the third, the 
fifth a little shorter than the fourth, and the remaining primaries diminish in 
length successively. Tail short and slightly forked. Legs long; tarsi ro- 
bust, anteriorly indistinctly scutellated, posteriorly entire ; toes strong, the 
inner and outer toes of the same length ; claws strong, much curved and 
pointed. 
DIMENSIONS. 
In. Lines. 
Length from the point of the bill to 
the tip of the tail 8 6 
of the tail 3 0 
of the hill from the angle of the 
mouth 1 2 
In. Lines. 
Length of the wings when folded 5 2 
of the tarsus 1 3 
of the middle toe 0 8^ 
of the outer toe 0 5 
of the inner toe 0 3 5 
The colours of the female differ little if at all from those of the male. 
Immediately upon reaching Kurichane, this thrush began to appear in the thickets, and we 
continued to acquire occasionally a specimen even in the vicinity of the Tropic. It seeks its 
food upon the ground, and when so occupied, its resort is readily discovered by the natives 
from the noise it makes in scratching the ground, or in displacing rubbish and decayed leaves 
which conceal the insects it is seeking. The name by which it is known in the country it in- 
habits is characteristic of the vigour with which it employs its feet, the nearest translation we 
can give of it is the “ Ground-Scraper.” 
The form of its bill, particularly towards the base, the length of its legs, and the shortness of 
its tail, are all characters which remove it from the more typical species of the genus Turdus , 
yet there is in its structure and habits what necessarily constitutes it a true thrush. 
