2. xuRDrs. 213 



1804, p. 80 ; Scl. ^- Salv. Rr. Oni. p. 151, pi. Ixxvi. (1869) : Grm/, 



Iland-l. B. 1. p. 2o7. no. .3740 (18(J9) ; Scl. ^ Salv. Nomencl. Av. 



Nfotr. p. 1 (1873). 

 Tiirdus niidigenis, Lafr. Mev. Zool. 1848, p. 4 : Leot. Ois. Trinid. 



p. 201 (186(3). 

 Turdiis gymnopsis, Temm., fide Bp. Consp. i. p. 272 (1850). 

 Turd us caribbasus, Laivr. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1878, p. 267. 

 Tardus gymnogenys, Scl. ^- Salv. Ibis, 1879, p. 357. 



In the adidf. male the general colour of the upper parts is dark 

 olive-brown, darkest on the head ; lores russet-brown ; ear-coverts 

 dark olive-brown ; a small space behind the eye bare of feathers ; 

 wings and tail dark brown ; innermost secondaries and outside webs 

 of quills dark olive-brown. Undcrparts pale brown, palest on the 

 chin, upper throat, centre of belly, and under tail-covcrts ; the chin, 

 upper throat, and under tail-covcrts streaked with dark brown ; axil- 

 laries and under wing- coverts pale chestnut-brown ; inner margins 

 of quiUs pale brown. Bill pale yellow above and below, darker at 

 the liase of both mandibles. Wing with the fourth and fifth primaries 

 nearly equal and longest, second primary about equal to the seventh, 

 bastard primary 1-05 to 0-8 inch. Legs, feet, and claws brown. 

 Length of wing 4-51 to 4-2 inches, tail 3-S to 3-4G, culmen 0-87 to 

 0-82, tarsus 1-3 to 1-2. 



It is not known that there is any difference in the plumage of the 

 sexes. Birds of the i/car have ochraceous tips to the greater wing- 

 coverts. Young in Jirst phnnar/e have the characteristic ochraceous 

 shaft-lines to the feathers of the upper parts, ochraceous centres to 

 those of the undcrparts, and dark tips to both. 



The Bare-eyed Thrush appears to be confined to the north-west of 

 South America. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, the islands of 

 Trinidad and Tobago, and in Guiana as far west as Cayenne. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Caracas, Venezuela. Mr. Dyson [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Trinidad. TI. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



Tardus leucomelas and Turdus ignobilis. 



Tins Thrush has two forms, between which every intermediate 

 variety appears to occur, leading to the supposition that they inter- 

 breed, and are consequently only subspccificaUy distinct. 



25. Turdus leucomelas. 



Turdus leucomelas, Vieill. X. Diet. (FHist. Nat. xx. p. -l^S (1818) ; 

 JIartL Iiid. Azara, p. (1847); Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 219 (1847) ; 

 Scl. S,- Salv. P. Z. S. 1808, p. 138; iid. Rv. Oni. p. 143, pi. Ixxii. 

 (1868) ; Grai/, Iland-l. B. i. p. 257. no. 3742 (1869); Teh. Oni. 

 Bras. pp. 93, 421 (1871) ; Scl. ^- Sah: Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 1 

 (1873) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 503 ; Durnford, Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 166. J > > 



Turdus olivaceus, Linn., apiid Lafr. ct d'Orb. Mar/, de Zool., Syn. Av. 

 1837, p. 17. 



