T U R D U S X IB O .N Y A K À
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A ves.— P late XXXVIII.—M al e .
T. suprà valdè flavo-griseus, vertice brunneo-tincto ; alarum tectricibus minoribus, remigium tectricibus,
pogoniisque extemis brunneo-griseis, prioribus auràntio-lavatis ; remigibus, interné versus basin
pallidè aurantiis ; gutture flavo-albo, utrinque fasciâ nigro-brunneo-maculatâ marginato ; pectore
flavo-griseo pallidè aurantio tincto ; abdominis lateribus aurantiis, medio crissoque albis; oeulis
brunneis ; rostro pedibusque flavis.
Longitudo, 9 une.
Merttla L ibonyana, Smith, Rep. of Exped. App. page 45. June, 1836.
C olour.—Above deep yellowish grey, the top of the head strongly shaded
with brownish red. Shoulders, lesser wing coverts, quill coverts, and outer
vanes of quill feathers brownish grey ; the lesser coverts, and the secondary
quill coverts faintly tinted with pale buff orange, and the latter distinctly
edged with the same colour ; inner vanes of quill feathers brownish red,
broadly margined internally towards the base with pale buff-orange. The
two middle feathers of the tail and the outer vanes of the rest deep broccoli-
brown, the inner vanes brownish red, distinctly tipped and faintly margined
with white ; in certain lights all the feathers appear crossed by a great
number of bars of a darker tinge than the ground colour. Throat white
tinged with ochre-yellow, and margined on each side by a series of small
oval spots of a blackish brown colour, and so arranged as to form two longitudinal
bands, one extending from each side of the base of lower mandible.
Breast light yellowish gray, faintly tinged with pale Dutch-orange ; sides of
belly and inner surface of shoulders bright Dutch-orange ; middle of belly,
vent and under tail coverts white, many of the latter feathers brown towards
their base. Eyes dark brown, bill, feet, and claws, yellow, the latter clouded
with brown.
F orm, &e.—Typical. Bill nearly straight, the culmen slightly arched
towards the base, strongly towards the point; edges of under mandible inflected
and received within those of the upper. Wings moderately long,