TURDUS STKEPXTANS .
%J. (Aves_-Plate-37}..
A v e s .:— P l a t e XXXVII.—M a l e .
T. sordid^ griseus; froute verticeque fortiter, nucha, cervice, interscapularibus, scapularihns, lramerisque
' leviter hrunneo-tinctis; Bubtus albus, hie illic, ochreo-tinctus; cervicis laterihus, pectore, abdomineqne
maculis pyriformibus notatis; capitis kteribus albis ocbrco-tinctis et fasciia Iribus variatis interne
conjunctis. Oculis rubro-brunneis. Mandibula superiore, inferioris apice, unguibusque livido-brun-
n eis; mandibula inferiore, pedibusque flavia. Caudd breve leviter bifurcatd.
Longitudo 8^ unc.
Mehula Letsitsirupa, Smith, Rep. of Exped. App. p. 46. June, 1836.
C olour.—Front and top of head brownish grey; occiput, upper aspect of
neck, interscapulars, scapulars and shoulders deep yellowish grey, faintly
shaded with brown ; back, rump, and upper tail coverts dirty ash-grey. Under
parts white, tinted in places with ochre-yellow, and the sides of the neck,
the whole of the breast, the flanks and the belly are variegated with blackish
brown pyriform spots, one on each feather, the large end reaching nearly to
its point. Sides of the head white, slightly tinted with ochre-yellow, and
each is variegated below the eyes with three blackish brown bands; the an-
teriormost proceeds from the base of the lower mandible, the second from the
middle of the under eyelid, and the third from the outer angle of the eye, the
first extends nearly horizontally, and the two others obliquely downwards and
backwards till they unite with the horizontal one. Primary wing coverts and
primary quill feathers deep brownish red, the latter tipped and edged externally
with yellowish white; the first two-thirds at least of the inner vanes of
these feathers are of a clear buff-colour, darkest towards the shafts ; the secondary
wing coverts, and the secondary and tertiary quill feathers dark
greyish brown, the outer vanes lightest, all margined externally and tipped
with dirty white. Eyes reddish brown; upper mandible and tip of lower
inferiorly as well as the claws liver-brown ; lower mandible elsewhere and the
cutting edge of upper pale saffron-yellow. Feet and insides of hill deep
straw-yellow.
F o rm , &c.—Figure robust and rather short. Bill long, and moderately
strong; the upper mandible broad and slightly depressed towards the base,