Birds of Paraguay. 609 



a. <$ ad. Sapucay, April 19, 1903. 



b. ? ad. „ May 25, 1903. 



c. $ ad. „ June 12, 1903. 



Bill horn-coloured above, buff below ; feet pale horn- 

 coloured ; iris pale brown. 



d. e - S ; /• ? ad. Sapucay, June 1904. 



Compared with the series in the collection of the British 

 Museum, I find these examples to differ from the true 

 M. albicollis Vieill. in being olive-brown above instead of 

 rufous brown, while the grey band across the throat is 

 paler and narrower, and the white on the middle of the 

 abdomen more extended, imparting a whiter appearance. 

 Bill blackish above, yellow below ; tarsi and feet hazel- 

 brown ; iris brown. Total length 9*9 inches, culmen 09, 

 wing 4'3, tail 34, tarsus 1"2. 



I propose to separate this race under the name of M. albi- 

 collis paraguayensis. 



[This bird is resident and not uncommon with us. 

 The large forests and the densely wooded hills of the 

 locality afford a perfect home for it. I have nothing to 

 add respecting the habits of these well-known birds. The 

 habits of the four Thrushes which occur with us are so 

 much alike that it is scarcely worth while to separate 

 them in the description — even the nest and eggs cannot be 

 identified, unless the parent bird is shot on the nest. — 

 W. F.] 



178. Merula albiventer. 



Turdus albiventer Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 70, £ , tab. lxix. 

 fig. 2 (1824 : Minas Geraes and Para) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. v. p. 216 (1881) ; id. Monogr. Turd. i. p. 257, 

 pi. 59 (1898) ; Hellmayr, Abhandl. Akad. Wiss. Munchen, 

 xxii. p. 618 (1906) ; id. Nov. Zool. xv. p. 15 (1908). 



Merula albiventer Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iv. p. 125 (1903) ; 

 Ihering, Kevista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 316 (Paraguay). 



Turdus metalophonus Bertoni, Aves Nuev. Paraguay, 

 p. 147. 



a. ? ad. Sapucay, October 17, 1902. 



b. o ad. „ November 30, 1902. 



