ME R U L A S U BO B SC U R A , Salvad.
SALVADORI’S OUZEL,
Merula sulobscura, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) i, p. 143 (1889); Oates, Faun. Brit.
Indr, Birds, ii. p. 135 (1890).
M. similis M. obscurce, sed major, fascia superciliari minus conspicu&, corporis lateribus pallidioribus: primariis
aliter formatis.
T his species, the type of which still remains as the single specimen known, was described by
Count Salvadori in 1889. I have never seen the specimen, but it was lent by the Count to
Mr. E. W. Oates when the latter gentleman was at work on the * Fauna of British India.’ He
states {I.e.) that the species is “ similar to M. obscura, but is larger, with the superciliary band
less conspicuous, the sides of the body paler ochraceous, and the proportions of the primaries
are different.”
. The type of the species, an adult male, was procured by Signor Fea at Taho, in the Karen
Hills, to the north-east of Toungngoo, in March. Mr. Oates continues:—“ The measurements
of this specimen are as follows ¡—Length 10 inches, tail 3-8, wing 5-25, tarsus 1-2, bill from
gape 1*0. The third and fourth primaries are subequal and longest; the second shorter than
the fifth and longer than the sixth. In M. obscura the third primary is the longest, the fourth
is rather shorter than the third, and the second is between the fourth and fifth. I have failed to
find any example of this Thrush from Burma in the British Museum series.” [R. B. S.].