3. MEKULA. 241 



be an island form. It differs from the latter species in having a 

 somewhat wider bill. The colour of the male is a duller black 

 ■without the greenish reflections. The colour of the upper parts of 

 the female is a paler olive-brown, especiall)' on the head. The 

 chin and upper throat, unlike those of the female of M. leucops, 

 are almost concolorous with the breast and belly, as are also the 

 centre of the belly and the under tail-coverts, the latter having only 

 obscure pale ochraceous-brown centres, in strong contrast to the 

 greyish-white centres and tips to the same feathers of the nearly 

 allied species of the mainland. Bill yellow above and below. Wings 

 with the third, fourth, and fifth primaries nearly equal and longest, 

 second primary intermediate in length between the sixth and 

 seventh, bastard pi'imary 0*9 to 0"85 inch. Legs, feet, and claws 

 yellow. Length of wing 4*5 to 4-3 inches, tail 3-5, culmen 0-8 to 

 0-7, tarsus l-Oo. 



So far as is known, the Tobago Ouzel is confined to the island of 

 Tobago, where it is supposed to be a resident. 



a. Ad. sk. Tobago {Kirk). Sir W. Jardine [P.]. 



7. Merula leucops. 



Tardus atrosericeus (Lafr.), apud Sdater, Cat. Amer. B. p. 5 (18G2, 



partim). 

 Turdus sen-anus, Tsch., apud Scl. 4" S(de. Nomencl. An. Keotr. p. 2 



(1873, partiin). 

 Turdus leucops, Taez. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 331 ; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 221, 

 Turdus briumeus, Lawrence, Ibis, 1878, p. 57, pi. 1(5). 



This species has frequently been confounded with M. serrana, 

 but differs from it in its smaller size, in its comparatively shorter 

 tail, in its smaller bastard primary, in its shorter tarsus, in its more 

 pointed wing, in the general colour of the male being more glossy, 

 with distincter greenish reflections, and in the diti'erent coloration 

 of the chin, upper throat, and under tail-coverts of the female. 



Aihdt male entirely black, with greenish reflections. Bill yellow. 

 "Wings with the third, fourth, and fifth primaries nearly equal and 

 longest, second primary intermediate in length between the sixth 

 and seventh, bastard primary 0*9 to OS inch. Legs, feet, and 

 claws pale brown. Length of wing 4-65 to 4-2.5 inches, tail 3-5 to 

 3-3, culmen 0-85 to 0-75, tarsus 1-UG to 0-95. 



In the female the general colour of the upper parts is darkish 

 olive-brown, darkest on the head and palest on the rump; lores 

 brown, ear-coverts olive-brown ; no trace of eye-stripe ; wings and 

 tail brown ; innermost secondaries olive-brown. Chin and upper 

 throat pale olive-brown, each feather with a dark-brown streak 

 along the shafts ; remainder of imderparts plain olive-brown, 

 shading into greyish white on the centre of the belly ; under tail- 

 coverts brown, with greyish-white centres running out to the tip ; 

 axillaries and under wing-coverts pale chestnut ; inner margins of 

 quills pale chestnut-brown. Birds of the ye<ir and young in first 

 2>litmage appear to be unknown, 



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