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T U R D U S PCECILOPTERUS.
Ma s. T u rd , corpore n ig ro , abdomine imo su b c in e ra sc en ti-fu sco ; rem ig um m e d ia rm n p o g o n iis
ex te i-nis p te rom a tih u sq u e cineraceo-griseis, h is apice a lb is ; ro stro p e d ibusque J la v is .
F c em .? Corpore s u p rà b ru n n e s c e n ti-g } -is e o ,su b tiisp a llid io r i; p te r om a tib u s rem ig um q u e m ed ia rum
p o g o iiiis e x te r n is u t in m a r i n o ta tis , s e d colore su b ru fe s c e n ii-tin c lis .
L o n g itu d o c o ? y iom , 9 u n c . ; alw, 5 ^ ; caudcc, 4-, ro s tr i, l i ; ta r s i, 1 1.
T h e observations originally made respecting the accordance in the forms o f Birds in dilferent and distant
countries whose temperatures assimilate, arc strongly ex-einplificd in tlic present species, which appears to be
closely allied to our {T u r d u s M e r u h , L inn.,) and whicli it m ay b e said to represent among the
mountains of India whose altitude brings tlicm to an European temperature ; in fact, were it not for the
large grey mark in the centre o f the wing in the male, it might be easily mistaken for th a t well-known
species. As far as we have hitherto been able to ascertain, it lias never been found in the hot plains in
India. It is certainly a bird of gre a t rarity,— the collection from which this work is formed containing the
only e.xainple known o f its occurrence. The se.vual dilferenee of plumage is g re a te r than is found in the
B la c k b ird of Europe.
The plumage of the male is black, with tlie exception o f a large grey space occupying the middle o f the
wing; the bill is yellow, and the tarsi light brown.
In the female the upper parts are light olive-brown, the wings Imving a tinge of rufous ; the under surface
is of an uniform greyish brown, the beak and tarsi as in the male.
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