. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 16-1 TUEDII)^. fourth primarj' slightly the longest, second primary about equal to the sixth, bastard primary 1-25 to 1-1 inch. Legs, feet, and claws dark brown. Length of wing 4-9 to 4-8 inches, tail '3-05 to 2-8, ciilmen 1-15 to 1-12, tarsus 1-35 to 1-31. It is not known that there is any difference of plumage attri- butable to either sex or season. Yoimr/in Jirst 2)lmnar/e have jisdo ochraceous shafts to most of the feathers of the upper parts, and fan-shaped, ochraceous terminal spots to the wing-coverts. The nnderparts are also much suffused
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 16-1 TUEDII)^. fourth primarj' slightly the longest, second primary about equal to the sixth, bastard primary 1-25 to 1-1 inch. Legs, feet, and claws dark brown. Length of wing 4-9 to 4-8 inches, tail '3-05 to 2-8, ciilmen 1-15 to 1-12, tarsus 1-35 to 1-31. It is not known that there is any difference of plumage attri- butable to either sex or season. Yoimr/in Jirst 2)lmnar/e have jisdo ochraceous shafts to most of the feathers of the upper parts, and fan-shaped, ochraceous terminal spots to the wing-coverts. The nnderparts are also much suffused with ochraceous, and the breast and flanks barred with black, the diamond-shaped pale centres being irregular in shape. Temminck's Ground-Thrush has been recorded from the islands of Java and Lombock, where it is supposed to be a resident. a. Ad. St. Java. Purchased. b. S ad. sk. Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [;|. c. J ad. sk. Lombock. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [0. j. d. e, f. Juv. sk. Lombock. A. R. Wallace, [ 16. Geociclila princei. (Plate XII.). Chamffitylas princei, Sharpe, T. Z. S. 1S7?>, p. Bill of Geocichla princei. General coloi;r of the upper parts russet-brown, shading into olive-brown on the head and nape, and into chestnut-brown on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; lores nearly white ; the feathers of the cheeks and ear-coverts bufSsh white, tipped with black; no trace of eye-stripe ; wings brown, innermost secondaries and outer webs of primaries russet-brown; wing-coverts with the outer â webs russet-brown and the inner webs dark brown, the median and^ great coverts with conspicuous fan-shaped white terminal spots; tail russet-brown, the two outside feathers narrowly tipped with white. * Chin, centre of belly, and under tail-coverts white, shading into pale chestnut-brown on the breast and flanks, a few feathers on the sides of the throat having black fan-shaped terminal spots ; axillaries, basal half white, terminal half black ; lower under wing
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