2. T0RDUS. 231 



Tardus ictei'orhynclius, Pr. Wiirt.,Jide Ilewjl. Oni. N.O.-Afr. p. 3S3 

 (18G9) ; Cab. Jourti. Oni. 1870, p. 238. 



In the adult male the general colour of the upper parts is an 

 almost uniform dull olive-brown, sliglitly darker and browner ou 

 the inner webs of the quills and tail-feathers ; lores brown ; ear- 

 coverts brown, with pale shafts ; no trace of eye-stripe. Chin, 

 cheeks, and upper throat greyish white, more or less obscurely 

 streaked with brown ; lower throat and upper breast pale huffish 

 brown, shading into creamy white on the centre of the belly and 

 irnder tail-coverts, and into pale huffish chestnut on the flanks ; 

 axillaries and under wing-coverts bright bnfF-chestnut ; inner 

 margin of quills pale chestnut-brown. Bill bright yellow above 

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

 etpial and longest, second primary about equal to the .eventh, 

 bastard primary 1-0 to 0-65 inch. Lejs, feet, and claws pale. 

 Length of wing 4-4 to 4'0 inches, tail 3v5 to 3"0, culracn 09 to 0-85, 

 tarsus 1-35 to 1-2. 



It is not known that the female differs from the male. Younr/ in 

 first 2)htmn<ie have the wing-coverts tipped with chestnut, and the 

 otlier small feathers of the upper and under parts with transverse 

 terminal dark-brown bars. 



The ^Ethiopian Thrush is a resident in West Africa, from the 

 Gold Coast to Loanga, and in the lowlands of Abyssinia and the 

 Bogos country. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Ashantee. J. Gould, Esq. 



c. Ad. sk. Mainpon, August 1872 (IT. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



F. BUssett). 



d, e. Ad. sk. Abeokuta {H. Robin). F.Xicholson, Esq. [P-]. 

 f. Ad. sk. Cameroous. R. B. Sharps, Esq. 



V/. Ad. sk. Gaboon (Z)« ChaiUii). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



/*. Ad. sk. Gaboon. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



i. Ad.sk. Ogovre River, Gaboon. Ilenvy Ansfll, Esq.[P.l. 



k. Juv. sk. Elobo District, Gaboon. IIenrvAiisell,Esq.[P.]. 



I Ad. sk. Eyiet, Bogos Land {Esler). \\. V,'. Sliarpe, Esq. 



m. Ad.sk. Abyssinia. Purchased. 



48. Turdus chiguancoides. 



This species differs from the preceding in being a larger bird, 

 without any huffish chestnut on the flanks, which arc pale greyish 

 brown. Length of wing 4-8 to 4-().") inches, tail 3-8 to 3-(), culmeu 

 0'9, tarsus 1-3, bastard primary O-So. The wing-formula does 

 not differ from that of the preceding species. 



It is not known that the male differs from the female. Birds cf 

 the year generallj- retain some of the ochraceous tips to the wing- 

 coverts. Yoinvj in first phinuaje resemble that of the preceding 

 species, but have only traces of Iniff on tlie breast and flanks. 



The Senegambian Thrush has only been found in the plains of 

 the Gambia, in West Africa, where it is supposed to be a resident. 



a. Ad., b. .Juv. sk. River Gambia. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



c, d. Ad. st. River Gambia. Governor Rendall [C.]. 



