ly Mr. Claude Grunt in South Africa. 407 



T have carefully examiued this series and cautujt find one 

 true T. cabattisi. The amount of grey on the flanks seems 

 vei'v variable. 



[This Thrush was commonly noticed in the woods and 

 foi'csts oi: the Cape Peninsula, the Knysna district, 

 Zululand. and Natal^ and the South-Eastern and North- 

 Eastern Transvaal. 



It is a thrush of* the woods and forests^ where it is found 

 solitary or in pairs ; and although I have nevei' taken the 

 eg^s, 1 secured many young birds and saw deserted old 

 nests. It has a soft sighing call-note like ouv European 

 Thrush, but no song. It is a fearless confiding bird, aiul 

 spends much of its time amongst the under-wood. 



The soft pars ;ire : — Irides brown; bill, legs and toes 

 horny yellow; base of upper mandible horn-brown. 



In the young the bill is brownish, with the gape yellowish, 

 and the legs and toes livid bi'uwn.] 



298. TURDUS LIBONIANUS. 



p. Coguno, Aug., Sept. (2) ; Beira, Nov. Dec. (3) ; 

 Tarabarara, July (1). 



I cannot distinguish examples of this species from 

 Ilustenburg(near the type locality) from those from Nyasa- 

 land or from tl'.e present series. I am not, therefore, inclined 

 to uphold Neumann's subspecies T. lilxjjiiumts troplcatis, to 

 \\liich, if distinct, Mr. Grant''s birds should be referred. 



A young bird, labelled Beira, Nov. 25, with the tail full- 

 grown, sl.ews a few fulvous shaft-streaks on the wing-coverts, 

 Avhile the general tone of colour is more olive and less 

 silvery ; below, the breast is spotted with black ; the bill is 

 black. 



[1 have only seen tliis Thrash in the Portuguese country, 

 where, however, it was not common. It frequents both 

 the forests and the more patchy country, is essentially 

 thrush-bke in h ibits and call, and spends much of its time 

 on the ground searching for food. In the Inhambanc district 

 1 found it feeding on pollen in company v/ith Sunbirds and 

 Bulbuls. 



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