208 TURDID^. 



b'. (S juT. sk. Yalmal peninsula, Aug. Dr. 0. Finsch [P.]. 



V2, 1876. 



c'. S ad. sk. Yenesay, lat. 665°, Jime Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



20, 1877. [P.]. 



d'. $ ad. sk. Ki-asnoyarsk, May 1, Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



1879. [R]. 



e'. Ad. sk. Saherunpore (Jameson). India Museum. 



/', g', h'. Sternum. Purchased, 



t', k', v. Skull. "NViirtemberg. Dr. A. Giinther. 



18. Turdus jamaicensis. 



Jamaica Thrush, Lath. Gen. Si/n. ii. pt. 1, p. 20 (1783). 



Turdus jamaicensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 809 (1788) ; Lath. Lnd. 



Orn. i. p. 328 (1790); VieUl. A. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xx. p. 234 



(1818) ; Gray, Gen. B. i.p. 219 (1847) ; 5/3. Consp. i. p. 271 (1850) ; 



Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 327 ; id Cat. Amer. B. p. 3 (1862) ; 



Baird, Rev. Am. B. i. p. 23 (1864) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 257. 



no. 3739 (1869) ; Sd. 8)- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 1 (1873). 

 Merula jamaicensis (Gmel.), Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 142, Lll. pi. xxiv, 



(1847). 

 Turdus capucinus, IIartl.,Jide Bp. Consp. i. p. 271 (1850). 

 Turdus leucophthalma, HiU,Jide Bp. Consp. i. p. 271 (18.50). 

 Turdus lereboulleti, Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxviii. p. 3 (1854). 



In the adult male in spring plumarje the general colour of the 

 upper parts is dark slate-grey, shading into russet-brown on the 

 head ; lores dark brown ; ear-coverts russet-brown ; no trace of eye- 

 stripe ; wings and tail dark brown ; greater wing-coverts and 

 innermost secondaries margined ■\^ith dark slate-grey on the outer 

 webs ; cheeks russet-brown ; chin and upper throat white, each 

 feather having a fan-shaped terminal russet-brown spot : lower 

 throat, breast, and flanks pale dull slate-grey, shading into white on 

 the centre of the belly ; under tail-coverts dark brown, with white 

 centres running out to the tips ; axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 brown ; inner margins of quills pale brown. Bill dark brown above 

 and below. Wings with the third, fourth, and fifth primaries 

 nearly equal and longest, second primary between the sixth and 

 seventh, bastard primaiy I'l to 0-9 inch. Legs, feet, and claAvs 

 dark brown. Length of wing 4-6 to 4'54 inches, tail 3-6 to 3'53, 

 culmen 0-9 to 0-8, tarsus 1-4 to 1-3. 



T\xQ female does not differ from the male. Birds of the year and 

 yovnrj in first plumage appear to be undescribed. 



The Jamaica Thrush is confined to the island of Jamaica, where 

 it is a resident. 



a. Ad. sk. Jamaica. Purchased. 



h. (S ad. sk. Moneague, Jamaica, Feb. 1865. Dr. Bryant [P.]. 



19, Turdus phaeopygus. 



Turdus jamaicensis, Gtnel. apitd Jardine, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1847, xx. 



p. .329. 

 Turdus phseopygus, Cah. Schomh. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 666 (1848) ; 



