. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 3. MKEULA. 243 inch shorter than the longest. Length of wing 5-6 to 5-3 inches, tail 4-9 to 4-5, culmen 0-98 to 0-9, tarsus I'o to 1-43. The female is slightlj' paler than the male. Birds in abraded summer plumage are not quite so dark a brown as newly moulted autumn birds. Young in first plumage have the usual ochraceous markings and spots on the upper parts ; whilst most of the feather of the underparts are dull ochraceous, with fan-shaped black ter- minal spots ; the axiUaries and under wing-coverts are also obscurely margined with ochraceous,
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 3. MKEULA. 243 inch shorter than the longest. Length of wing 5-6 to 5-3 inches, tail 4-9 to 4-5, culmen 0-98 to 0-9, tarsus I'o to 1-43. The female is slightlj' paler than the male. Birds in abraded summer plumage are not quite so dark a brown as newly moulted autumn birds. Young in first plumage have the usual ochraceous markings and spots on the upper parts ; whilst most of the feather of the underparts are dull ochraceous, with fan-shaped black ter- minal spots ; the axiUaries and under wing-coverts are also obscurely margined with ochraceous, aud the bill and feet are brown. Cabanis's Erown Ouzel has only been obtained in South Costa llica and West Panama, where it is believed to be a resident. a. 2 ad. sk. Volcan de Cartago, Costa Osbert Salvin, Esq. Rica (-E. Arce). 10. Merula fuscatra. Tardus fuscater, D'Orb. et Lafr. Mag. de Zool., Syn. Av. 1837, p. 16 D'Orb. Vuy. Amer. meri'd. p. 2U0, pi. ix. tig. 1 (circ. 1840) Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 120; Tschudi S,- Cab. Faun. Peruan. Ares, p. 180 (1845j; Gay, Faun. Chil. Zool. i. p. 331 (1847) Graii, Gen. B. i. p. 219 (1847); Bp. Comp. i. p. 275 () Sdcker, 1859, p. 332; id. Cat. Amer. B. p. 5 (1862) Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 258. no. 3761 (1869) ; Set. df Salv. Notnencl. Av. Xeofr. p. 2 (1873); Martens, Journ. Orn. 1875, p. 443. Turdus anthracinus, Burmeister, Journ. Orn. 1858, p. Bill of Merula fuscatra. In the adult male the plumage of both the upper and under parts is a nearly uniform dark sooty brown. Bill bright yellow above and below. Wings with the fourth and fifth primaries nearly equal and longest, second primary about equal to the eighth, bastard primary I'o to I'O inch. Legs, feet, and claws pale yellow. Tail with the outside feathers 0-4 inch shorter than the longest. Length of Aving 5-6 to 5'15 inches, tail 5-2 to 4"75, culmen 1-42 to 1-2, tarsus 1*75 to 1-45. The female is slightly paler and more olive than the male. D'Orbigny's Erown Ou
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