228 TURDID^. 



i. c? ad. sk. Eland's Post (T. C.Atmore). R. B. Sliarpe, Esq. 



A;. Ad. sk. Lydenburg. F. A.Earratt, Esq. [C.]. 



I,m. Si n. 5 sk. Macamac. F. A.Barratt, Esq. [C.]. 



o. $ ad. sk. Macamac, July 5, 1874 ( T. J. H. Gurney, Esq. [P.]. 



Ai/n-s). 



44. Turdus abyssinicus. 



Le Merle brun d'Abvssiuie, Briss. Oni. iii. p. 400 (1760) ; Month. 



Hist. Nat. Ois. iii. p. 407 (1775). 

 Abyssinian Thrush, Lath. Gen. Si/n. ii. p. 78 (1783). 

 Turdus abyssinicus, Gmel. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 824 (1788) ; Lath. Lnd. Orn 



i. p. 357 (1790). 

 Merula olivacea {Linn.\ apud Rilpp. Neue Wirh., Vog. p. 83 (183-5), 



apud Mi'ipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 60 (l845). 

 Turdus olivacinus, Bp. Co?isp. i. p. 273 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 256. no. 3731 (1869) ; Hetujl. Orn. NO.-Afr. i. p. 382 (1869) ; 



Blanf. Geol. 8; Zoul. Abyss, p. 357 (1870) ; ' Heityl. Journ. Orn. 



1871, p. 206. 

 Turdus oVivacena, Li/Ill., apud Ilenffl. Syst. Uebers. p. 29 (1856), ajmd 



IL-iiyl. Journ. Orn. l.scc', p. 294. 

 Turdus olivaceus habessiuicus, Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 382 



(1869). 

 Turdus ei-ytbrorhynchus, Biipp., fide Hevgl. Journ. Orn. 1871, 



p. 207. 

 Cichloides olivacinus (Bp.), Gray, fide Giehel, Thes. Orn. iii. p. 717 



(1877). 



This is a northern form of T. olivaceus, and differs from that 

 species in having the ground-colour of the chin and throat the 

 same colour as the breast. In all other resjiects (colour of soft 

 parts, wing-formula, &c.) no difference is observable. Length of 

 ■wing 4-65 to 4-3 inches, tail 3-9 to 3-35, culmen 0-9 to 0-81, tarsus 

 1-4 to 1-25. 



The fe7nale does not differ from the male. Birds of the year and 

 youncj in first 2>lvmage very closely resemble birds of the preceding 

 species in similar plumages. 



The Abyssinian Thrush is confined to the highlands of Abyssinia, 

 where it is said to be a resident. 



a. Juv. sk. Abyssinia. Purchased. 



h. c? ad. sk. Lake Ashangi, May 1, W.T. Blanford,Esq. [C.]. 



1868. 

 c. $ ad. sk. Sunafe, March 10, 1868. W.T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



d,e. (5 5 ad. sk. Euphane, Shoa, Deeem- ludia Museum. 



ber 1841 {Sir W. C. 



Harris), 

 f. <3 juv. sk. Angollala, January 1842 India Museum. 



{Sir W. C. Harris). 



45. Turdus cabanisi. 



\'ariete du Griveron, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. iii. p. 15, pi. c (1802). 

 Meiula obscura, Smith, Bep. S.-Afr. Exp., Ajjp. p. 45 (1836, nee 



Gmelin). 

 Turdus obscurus {Smith), Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Birds, pi. xxxvi. 



