TURDUS GUTTATUS— Vigors. 
Aves. — Plate XXXIX. 
T. superne flavo-brunneus, subtiis albus plus minusve pallide flavo-brunneo-nebulatus ; capitis latenbus 
strigis tribus nigro-brunneis variatis ; pectore abdomineque guttis subrotundis brunneis notatis ; 
tectricibus alarum rectricibusque tribus utrinque lateralibus ad apicem albis ; rostro sordid^ rufo- 
brunneo; mandibula inferiore ad basin viridi-flava; oculis brunneis ; pedibus viridi-flavis. 
Longitudo corporis cum capite 5| unc; caudaa, 4 unc. 
Turdus guttattjs, Vigors. Proceedings of Zoological Society, 1831, p. 92. 
Colour. — The upper parts of the head, the back of the neck, the inter- 
scapulars, back, shoulders and tail intermediate between honey-yellow and 
orange-brown (rich yellowish brown) ; eye-brows and sides of head white 
tinted with yellowish brown, and the latter is besides variegated with three 
umber-brown stripes and a number of minute brown spots ; two of the stiipes 
originate immediately behind the eye and enclose the ear coverts, the thiid 
commences at the base of the lower mandible and terminates about the 
middle of the neck. Chin, throat, sides of neck, breast, belly, vent, and 
under tail coverts white ; the sides of the breast are tinted with yellowish 
brown, and each of the feathers of the breast and belly has a roundish 
umber-brown spot at its tip. Lesser wing coverts and primary and 
secondary quill coverts umber-brown, with the middle portion of each of the 
outer vanes of the primary coverts light yellowish brown, the tips of the 
other feathers pure white. The inner vanes of the quill feathers dull umber- 
brown the outer vanes dull wood-brown and edged particularly towards 
their bases with dirty cream-yellow ; the tail is of the same colour as the 
back and the three lateral feathers of each side are broadly tipt with white, 
more especially the outermost, the inner vane of which is white for more than 
an inch from ‘the tip. Bill dull reddish brown, with the lower mandible 
towards the base greenish yellow. Legs and claws greenish yellow. 
Form &c —Typical. Bill nearly straight, moderately compressed, and 
the culmen slightly arched. Wings when folded reach some way over the 
second third of the tail ; the first quill feather rudimentary, the fourth and 
