2;j0 TIJKDIDiE. 



p. 115 (1872) ; Slinrpe, ed. Lm/ard's B. S. Afr. p. 199 (187G) ; 

 Meichenoio, Joiirn. Orn. 1877, p. 30 ; Aijres, Ibis, 1879, p. 3s9. 

 TurtUis verroaiLxii, Bocnge, Jorn. Sc. Lish. ii. p. 340 (1870) ; Sharpe, 

 ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 202 (187(J). 



In tlae adult male the general colour of the upper parts is pale 

 slate-grey, very slightly browner and darker on the inner webs of 

 the (juills and tail-leathers ; lores brown ; ear-coverts brown, with 

 pale shafts ; eye-stripe somewhat obscure, pale buff, soon losing 

 itself behind the eye ; outer tail-feathers with oV)SCure pale tips. 

 Ereast buff, shading into white on the chin, centre of belly, and 

 under tail-coverts, and into huffish chestnut on the flanks ; cheeks 

 pale buff ; upper throat with conspicuous very dark-brown streaks, 

 principally at the sides ; axillaries and under wing-coverts bright 

 iDuffish chestnut ; inner margin of quills buff, very broad, almost 

 Geocichiine. Bill orange-yellow above and below. Wings with 

 the third, 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 pale brownish yellow. Length 

 of wing 4-92 to 4-0 inches, tail 4-05 to 3-4, culmeu 0-96 to 0-88, 

 tarsus 1-34 to 1*16. 



Females are smaller than males, but do not differ in colour. 

 Birds of the year and young in first phtmaye have the usual mark- 

 ings, as the bird named by Bocage is an immature example. 



The Kurichane Thrush has been obtained on the Loanga coast, in 

 Angola, Damara Laud, the Bechuanas country, the Transvaal, and 

 in the valley of the Zambesi. Nothing is known of its migrations. 



Examples from Angola are intermediate in the colour of the upper 

 parts between T. libonyanas and T. tephronotus, aud may prove to 

 be a distinct species, in which case they will stand as T. verreatixi. 



a. Ad. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



(Type oi Merida /ihiini/mia, Smith.) 



b. Ad. sk. LTpper Matabele country. Dr. Ihadsliaw [0.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Tete, Zambesi. Dr. Kirk [0.]. 



d. 9 ad. sk. Omhongo, Damara Laml, K. B. Sliarpe, Esq. 



July 8, 1859 (C. J. An- 

 dersson). 



e. Ad. sk. Rusteuberg, Transvaal, June II. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



20, 1878 (T. Ayres). 



47. Turdus pelios*. 



Turdus pelios, Bp. Covap. i. p. 273 (1850) ; id. Compt. Bend, xxxviii. 

 p. 5 (]S54); Ilnrtl Orn. TF.-Afr. p. 75 (1857); id. Jn/irn. Orn. 

 18U1, p. ](;2 ; I'insc/i, Jaurn. Orn. 1863, p. 36; Sliarpc, Ibis, 1869, 

 p. 187; Ilenql. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 38:5, pi. xiv. fig. 1 (18G9) ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 256. no. 3726 (1869) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. 

 B. p. 21 (1871) ; Beiclienow, Journ. Orn. 1875, p. 47. 



* I liave examined Bonaparte's type in the iiniBeum at Leyden, and ain con- 

 vinced that it is the African species. The iq^per parts are greyish brown, not 

 olive-brown. The tail is 35 inches long, and the second primary is equal to 

 the seventh. Bonaparte described it as a Central-Asian species ; but it is 

 labelled "India.'' There can be little doubt that it is an African skin. 



