T U R D U S OB S C U R U S
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A y es.— P late XXXVI.— M a l e .
T. capite, dorso, gulâ. gutture, pectôre, abdominisque lateribus grigeo-bTunncis; abdomine medio bumerisque
interné rubro-aurantiis ; caudæ tectricibns inferioribus griseo-brunneis, singulia lined longitudinali
albâ variegatis ; alamm tectricibns minoribus, remiginm tectricibus, remigibus, rectricibusque
brunneis ; rostro pedibusque flavis ; oculis brunneis.
Longitudo corporis cum capite, 5 u n e; caudæ, 4^ une.
Mbbula obscura, Smith.—App. to Rep. of Exped. p. 45, June, 1836.
C o lo u r .— The upper parts of the head, neck and body, together with the
chin, throat, breast, and sides of belly, intermediate between broccoli and
clove-brown (greyish brown), — the colour of the four last named regions
lightest. Lesser wing coverts, primary and secondary quill coverts, quill-
feathers, and tail umber-brown, glossed with broccoli-brown, the tail darkest.
Belly reddish orange, deadened with a tint of greyish-brown ; inner surface
of wings towards shoulders bright reddish orange ; under tail-coverts greyish-
brown, each feather with a dirty whitish stripe in the course of the shaft, and
several of them are tipped with the same colour. Bill, legs and claws,
yellow. Eyes dark brown.
F orm, &c.— Typical. Bill rather slender, and strongly compressed, the
upper mandible considerably longer than the lower, and flattened towards the
point ; angles of mouth sparingly furnished with short bristles. Wino-s
moderately long, and when folded reach to the commencement of the last
half of the tail; the fourth and fifth quill feathers equal and longest, the
third and sixth slightly shorter, the second about half an inch shorter than
the third, the first rudimentary, and scarcely more than an inch in length.
Tail slightly roundèd at the point. Tarsi and toes robust, the former with