TURDIDiE. 
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Turdus canescens (De Vis). Goodenough Island Blackbird. 
Merida canescens De Vis, Ann. Rep. Brit. New Guinea, 1893-94, p. 105 
(reprint, p. 5): Goodenough Island. (Fig. Seebohm, Monogr. 
Thrushes, ii. pi. 107.) 
Distr . — GJoodenough Island. 
Turdus ruficeps (Rams.). (5-256.) Red-headed Blackbird. 
Merida ruficeps Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. vol. i. p. 43, 
Feb. 1876 : Fiji. (Fig. Seebohm, Monogr. Thrushes, ii. pi. 110.) 
Merula bicolor Layard, Ibis, April 1876, p. 153 : Fiji. 
Distr. — Fiji Islands. 
Turdus papuensis (De Vis). Papuan Blackbird. 
Distr. — New Guinea and St. Mathias Island. 
Turdus papuensis papuensis (De Vis). 
Merula papuensis DeVis, Ann. Rep. New Guinea, 1888-89, App. p.61, 
1890: Mt. Victoria, New Guinea. (Fig. Seebohm, Monogr. 
Thrushes, ii. pi. 108.) 
Merula melanaria MadarAsz, Orn. Monatsb. vol. viii. p. 23, Feb. 1900: 
Astrolabe Mts. 
Distr. — New Guinea. 
Turdus papuensis heinrothi R. & H. 
Turdus melanarius heinrothi Rothschild & Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. 
Club, vol. xliv. p. 53, March 4th, 1924 : St. Mathias Island. 
Distr. —St. Mathias Island. 
Turdus fumidus Mull. Chestnut-breasted Blackbird. 
Distr. — Java to Timor and Celebes. 
Turdus fumidus fumidus Mull. (5-279.) 
Turdus (Merula) fumidus Muller, Verb. Nat. Gesch. Land- en Volk, 
p. 201, 1843: Mt. Gedee, Java. (Fig. Seebohm, Monogr. 
Thrushes, ii. pi. 119.) 
Distr. —Java. 
Turdus fumidus schlegeli Scl. 
Turdus schlegeli Sclater, Ibis, 1861, p. 280: Timor. (Fig. Zool. 
Timor, pi. 1.) 
Distr . — Timor. 
Turdus fumidus celebensis (Butt.). 
Merula celebensis Biittikofer, Notes Leyden Mus. vol. xv. p. 109, 
1892 : Macassar, Celebes (South). (Fig. M. & W. pi. 35.) 
Distr. — Celebes (Mts.). 
