332 



cinerascente : ahdomine et subalaribus saturate cinnamomeo-rufis : 



rostro Jlavo : pedibus pallide brunneis. 

 Long, tota 10-5, alae 4*8, caudse 4"0. 

 Hab. Interior of New Granada. 

 Mus. P. L. S, et Bruxelliano. 



27. TURDUS RUFIVENTRIS. 



Turdus rufiventris, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xx. p. 226, et Enc. Meth. 

 p. 639 ; Azara, no. 79 ; unde Turdus chochi, Vieill. Nouv. Diet, xx, 

 p. 226, et Enc. p. 639 ; Max. Beitr. iii. 639 ; D'Orb. Voy. p. 203 ; 

 Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 122 ; Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 70, pi. 68 ; Bp. 

 Consp. p. 272; Darw. Zool. p. 59. 



Brunnescenti-olivaceus ; gutture albo fusco striata : abdomine cum 



crisso saturate ferrugineis. 

 Long, tota 9*5, alae 4*6, caudae 4*0. 



Hab. South-eastern Brazil ; Paraguay (Jzar.) ; interior of Bo- 

 livia and Argentine republic down to Rio Negro (D'Orb.), 

 Mus. Brit., P.L.S., &c. 



28. Turdus flavirostris. 



Turdus flavirostris, Sw. Phil. Mag. 1827, p. 369. — Turdus rufo- 

 palliatus, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 259. — Turdus palliatus, Bp. 

 Consp. p. 272. 



Cinereo-olivaceus, dorso et abdomine rufo-cinnamomeis; ventre medio 

 et crisso albis : gula alba, nigra striata : rostra et pedibus Jlavis . 

 5 dorso dilutiore. 

 Long, tota 5*5, alee 4*9, caudse 3*75. 



Hab. Western Mexico and Lower California ; Monterey (L«/r.). 

 Mus. Brit. 



y. Semimerula. 

 Majores : ptilosis unicolor, fusca aut fusco-nigra : sexus similes. 



29. Turdus gigas. 



Turdus gigas. Eraser, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 59 ; Bp. Consp. p. 275 ; 

 Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 144 ; 1858, pp. 451 & 550. 



Nigricanti-fuscus, subtus dilutior : rostro et pedibus flavis. 



Long, tota 13-0, alse 6'0, caudse 6*0, tarsi 1*7. 



Hab. Interior of New Granada and Ecuador ; Cuenca, and plateau 

 of Riobamba (Fraser). 



Mus. Brit., P. L. S. 



Easily distinguishable from the next-foUowiug species by its larger 

 dimensions. The colouring is also lighter and more greyish below. 



30. Turdus fuscater. 



Turdus fuscater, Lafr. et D'Orb. Syn, Av. i. p. 16 ; D'Orb. Voy. 

 p. 200, pi. 9. f. 1 ; Bp. Consp. p. 275 ; Gay, Hist, de Chili, Zool. 

 p. 331 ; Eraser in P. Z. S. 1843, p. 120 ; Tschudi, Faun. Per. p. 186. 



