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is darker and has the edges of the feathers of a lighter shade; 

 tail and quill feathers of a darker brown than the back; axillars 

 and under wing-coverts white; the lores are blackish brown; the 

 feathers back of the eyes and the ear-coverts have narrow shaft 

 streaks of pale rufous ; the feathers of the neck and upper part 

 of the breast are of a warm dark brown, those of the lower part 

 of the neck and the upper part of the breast have also light rufous 

 centres, but in addition each feather has a light terminal spot; 

 on the lower part of the breast and on the sides the feathers have 

 white centres, bordered strikingly with brown; the markings of 

 the breast-feathers are squamiform in shape, those of the sides 

 lanceolate; the abdomen is white, a few feathers on the upper 

 part are very narrowly margined with brown; under tail-coverts 

 browU; terminating with white; outer feathers of thigs brown, the 

 inner whitish; bill yellow, with the basal half of the upper 

 raandible dusky; tarsi and toes pale yellow. Length 9 inches; 

 wing 5; tail 'd%\ tarsus P/^; bill from front ^^/ig. 

 Hab.: Dominica. 



146. Myrmecocichla leucolaema. 



G. A. Fischer et Ant. Reichenow, Ornithol. Centralblatt 

 No. 23 1. Dec. 1880 p. 181. 



Brunnescente nigra ; gutture, genis et alarum tectricibus albis. 

 Long. c. 170; ala 95; cauda 70; rictus 19; culmen 16; tarsus 

 38 Mm. 



Hab.: Nguru-Berge (Ost-Afrika). 



Der weisse Vorderhals und untere Theil der Kopfseiten unter- 

 scheiden diese Art sofort von allen Verwandten. Die Flügeldeck- 

 federn sind mit Ausnahme der Schulterdecken und der Spitzen 

 der Handdeckfedern rein weiss; der Afterflügel ist braunschwarz 

 wie die Schwingen. 



147. Turdus maranonicus. 

 Stolzmann, M. S. 



Taczanowki, P. Z. S. 1880 II p. 189 pl XX. 



Turdus sp? Tacz. P. Z. S. 1879 p. 221 sp. 2. 



Supra cum alis et cauda fusco olivaceus unicolor; subtus 

 albus, fusco crebre squamulatus, pectore fulvo lavato; ventre 

 medio subcaudalibusque albis immaculatis ; subalaribus margineque 

 interno remigum fulvescentibus ; rostro nigricanti-brunneo. Lg. 

 alae 117; caud. 97; rostr. 28; tars. 29. 



Hab.: Callacate, Northern Peru. 



148. Turdus samoensis. 



C. Tristram, Ibis VoL 3 No. 9 Jan. 1879 p. 188. 



T. unicolor, nigerrimus, albo nulla parte striatus, rostro et 

 pedibus laete flavis. Long. tot. 7,5; alae 3,95; caudae 2,75; 

 rostri a rictu 1; tarsi 1,2 inches. 



Hab.: Ins. Samoa. 



