242 TFRDID^. 



Taczanowsky's Black Ouzel has been found on both slopes of the 

 Andes of Ecuador, and in the valley of the Upper Amazon, both in 

 Ecuador and Northern Peru. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Chamicuros, Peruvian Amazons, E. Bartlett, Esq. [C.]. 



Sept. 21, 18(38. 



b. cJ juv. sk. Quito, Ecuador (Jameson). J. Gould, Esq. 



8. Merula samoensis. 



Turdus vanicorensis, Quoi/ et Gaim., apud Peale, U.S. Expl. E.vp. 



1848, p. 95, apud Harfl. Wiegm. Arch. p. 99 (1852), apud Sclater, 



Ibis, 1861, p. 281 ipartim). 

 Merula vanicorensis (Quoi/ et Gatm.), aptid Cassin, U.S. Expl. Exp. 



1858, p. 158, apud Finsch 8f Hartl. Beitr. Faun. Centralpolynes. 



p. 97 (1867), aptid E. P. Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, iii. 



p. .337 (1879). 

 Tuidus (Merula) vanicorensis {Quoy et Gaim.'), apud Gray,B. Trop. 



Jsl. ^.lQ(lB?>^,])artim'). 

 Turdus vanikorensis ( Quoy et Gaim?), apud Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 255. no. 3710 (1869, partim). 

 Tm'dus samoensis, Tristram, Ibis, 1879, p. 188. 



The aditlt male is uniform dull black above and below. Bill 

 yellow. Wing with the third, fourth, and fifth primaries nearly 

 equal and longest ; second primary intermediate in length between 

 the fifth and sixth, or sixth and seventh ; bastard primary 08 to 0'7 

 inch. Legs, feet, and claws pale yellow. Length of wing 4*1 to 3-75 

 inches, tail 2-85 to 2-5, culmen 0-91 to 0-82, tarsus 1-3.5 to 1*24. 



It is not known that ih.Q female difi'ers from the male. Towards 

 the end of the breeding-season the black of both the upper and 

 under parts fades to a dull brown. The plumage of the young 

 is unknown. 



The Samoan Ouzel appears to be confined to the Samoa Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. Samoa Islands. Godeffi-oy Museum. 



b,c, d. Ad. sk. Samoa I.«lands. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Samoa Islands. Rev. J. B. Stair [P.]. 



9. Merula nigrescens. 



Turdus nigrescens, Cab. Journ. Orti. 1860, p. 324 ; Laivr. Ann. Lye. 

 N. York. ix. p. 91 ( 1804) ; Frantdus, Journ. Orn. 1869, p. 290 ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 258. no. 3763 (1869) ; Sahin, P. Z. S. 

 1870, p. 180; -SW. ^ Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 2 (1873) ; Salv. 

 ^- Godm. Biol. C'entr.-Amer. ZooL, Aves, i. p. 25, pi. iv. (1879). 



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

 brown ; wings, wing-coverts, innermost secondaries, and tail black. 

 The whole of the underparts, without exception, are an almost 

 uniform dark brown. Bill bright yellow. Wings with the third, 

 fourth, and fifth primaries nearly e([ual and longest, second primary 

 about equal to the seventh, bastard primary 1*3 to 1"1 inch. Legs, 

 feet, and claws yeUow. Tail with the outside feathers 0-1 to 0"3 



