2. TTJKDUS. 229 



(] 8,39) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 219 (1847) ; Sundev. K. Sv. Vet.-Ak. 



IIcukU. 1857, p. 35 ; Lmjard, B. S. Afr. p. 128 (1807). 

 Turd us cabiinisi, Bp.,fide Cah. Mas. Hein. i. p. 3 (18o0). 

 Tardus smithi, Bp. Comp. i. p. 274 (1850); Grai/, Iland-l. B. i. 



p. 250. no. .3733 (1809). 

 riiiuesticus cabauisi {Cah.), Bp. Cumpt. Rend, xxxviii. p. 4 (1854). 

 Turdus deckeni, Cah. Jouni. Orn. 1868, p. 412 ; id. Deckens Reis. in 



Ostafr. iii. p. 21, pi. 1 (1809) ; Grai/, Iland-l. B. i. p. 257. no. 37-30 



(1869); Fmsch &■ Ilartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 279 (1870); Gurneii, 



26;-s, 1871, p. 267. ^ ./ F K J, J, 



Turdus olivaorus, Li)tn., apud Ai/res, Ibis, 1869, p. 292, apud Sharpe, 



ed. Laijard's B. S. Afr. p. 200 (ISlii, partim). 

 Cichloides smithi (Bj).), Gray, fide Giebel, Thes. Orn. iii. p. 707 (1877). 



This species is somewhat intermediate between T. olivaceus 

 and T. peJios. General colour of the upper parts an almost 

 neutral brown, with a slight shade of slate-grey. Chin, cheeks, and 

 upper throat pale grey, somewhat obscurely streaked with brown ; 

 lower throat, upper breast, and flanks an almost neutral brown, 

 shading into dull orange-chestnut on the belly ; under tail-coverts 

 brown, with pale shaft-lines and tips ; axillaries and under wing - 

 coverts bright orange-chestnut ; inner margin of quills pale chestnut- 

 brown. Bill yellow. "Wings with the fourth and fifth primaries 

 nearly equal and longest, second primary intermediate in length 

 between the seventh and eighth, bastard primary 1-0 to 0-9 inch. 

 Logs, feet, and claws pale brownish yellow. Length of wing 4-9 to 

 4-55 inches, tail 4-1 to 3-7, culmcu 1-08 to l-Q, tarsus 1-39 to 1-25; 

 outside tail-feathers 0-3 to 0*4 inch shorter than tlie longest. 



There appears to bo no difference in colour between the sexes, 

 \>\\t females are on an average smaller in size. Birds of the year 

 scarcely differ from adults. Younr/ in fi,rst plumage (February) are 

 much browner, with no trace of slate-grey, and have dark bars 

 at the tips of most of the small feathers and ochraceous tips to 

 the wing-coverts. One example has distinct scutellations on the 

 tarsus. 



Cabanis's Thrush is found in the Transvaal and KafRrland. An 

 example obtained by Baron Von der Dcckcn, probably further north 

 in East Africa, is somewhat browner above and more chestnut on 

 the flanks, and may prove to be distinct. 



a. Ad. sk. Transvaal {T. Ayres). H. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



h. c? ad. sk. Potchcfstroom, Transvaal, Jan. J.ll. Gurnov, Esq. fP.!. 



15, 1878(r. ^//ws). 



c. Ad.sk. Lake >«'ganii (r7/rt;iw(/»). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



46. Turdus libonyanus, 



Merula libonynna. Smith, liep. S.-Afr. B.ip., A pp. p. 45 ri8.36). 

 Turdus libonvnuiis ( Smith ), Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Birds, -pi. xxxviii. 



(1839) ; Gray, G,n. B. i. p. 219 ( 1847) ; Lai/ard, B. S. Afr. p. 127 



(1867); JVcnion, Jhis, 1868, p. 266; Gray.' Hand-I. B. \. p. 256. 



no. 3727 (1809); Finsch fy Ilartl. Toy.' Ostafr. p. 280 (1870); 



Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 21 (1871); Garncy, A'nJerss. B.Dam. Id. 



