. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 164 TIMELIIPJE. detcmiiiiing the specimens in the Museum by the help of my Leiden experience. I therefore consider the question of the number of species found in Madagascar as still a perfectly open \ Bill of Tylas eduardi. Key to the Species. a. Throat black. a'. Under surface fawn-colom-ed eduardi, p. 164. h'. Under surface white alfredi, p. 166. b. Throat white. c'. No breast-band. a'. Breast white or light tawuy buif; back grey, with a faint olive tinge alhigidaris, p. 165. d". Breast deep fawu-butf; back olive-brown . fukiventris,
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 164 TIMELIIPJE. detcmiiiiing the specimens in the Museum by the help of my Leiden experience. I therefore consider the question of the number of species found in Madagascar as still a perfectly open \ Bill of Tylas eduardi. Key to the Species. a. Throat black. a'. Under surface fawn-colom-ed eduardi, p. 164. h'. Under surface white alfredi, p. 166. b. Throat white. c'. No breast-band. a'. Breast white or light tawuy buif; back grey, with a faint olive tinge alhigidaris, p. 165. d". Breast deep fawu-butf; back olive-brown . fukiventris, p. 165. d'. A distinct grey breast-band strophiatvs, p. 166. 1. Tylas eduardi. Tvlas eduardi, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 152, pi. xviii.; E. Kewt. Ibis, "1864, p. 273 ; Slunyc, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 385 ; id. Cat Afr. B. p. 21; Hartl. Voq. Madag. p. 142; Grand, et Milne-Ediv. Hist. Phys. Madag. pi. 141. fig. 2. Turdus goudoti, Verr. Nouv. Arch. Mus. ii., Bnll. p. 77, pi. 5. fig. 2. Turdus edwardi, Schl. 4" Poll. Faun. Madag., Ois. p. 158. A(Mt male. General colour above ashy olive, the hind neck grey and contrasting with the back : wing-coverts ashy grey, slightly washed with olive-brown; bastard-wing and primary-coverts and quills blackish, with a narrow edging of grey on the outer web, much broader on the secondaries, the innermost of which are almost entirely ashy grey and have narrow white tips : upper tail-coverts and tail- feathers ashy grey, the latter narrowly tipped with white; head glossy greenish black, the forehead dark slaty grey ; sides of face and throat also glossy black, the base of the chin with a few white edgings to the feathers ; sides of neck white, forming a narrow collar across the throat; remainder of under surface of body ochraceous buff, with a slight wash of brown on the flanks ; thighs ashy grey ; under wing-coverts dark ashy grey, the axillaries light ochraceous buff; quills ashy blackish below, greyer along the edge of the inner web. Total le
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