PLANESTICUS. 379 



(/. Under wing-coverts dull rufous P. fumlgatus ahariensis. 



[p. 3S2. 



e. Under wing-coverts buff P. (jymnophthahnus, p. 3S3. 



f. Under wing-coverts pale buff or 



buffy wbite. 

 c . Larger, wing more than 110 mm., 



tail more than 90 P. miirimcs, p. 3S4. 



(/'. Smaller, wing less than 110 mm., 



tail less than 90 P. artli uri, p. 385. 



ff. I'^nder wing-coverts grcA' like the 



sides of the body P. ph^opyc/us, p. 3S6. 



580. Planesticus leucops. 

 Taczanowski's Black Ouzel. 



Turdus Uucopft Taczanowski, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 331 (Eopobamba and 

 Tambillo. North Peru) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 199 (Merume Mts., 

 Roraima). 



Menda leucops Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 241, 1881. 



Planeaticus leucops Brabourne <& Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 3-14, no. 3511, 

 1912. 



Adult mule. General colour, both on the upper and under 

 surface, black with a steel-blue gloss. 



Total lenoth 224 mm., exj)osed culmen 19, wing 112, tail 84, 

 tarsus 26, middle toe and claw 24. 



Adult female. General colour of the upper surface olive-brown, 

 including the head, back, upper tail-coverts, scapulars, and upper 

 wing-coverts ; inner webs of primary and secondary quills rather 

 paler ; sides of face and ear-coverts like the back ; throat streaked 

 with brown and dull white ; breast, thighs, and sides of body 

 olive-brown, but much j)aler than the back ; middle of abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts vvhite ; axillaries and under wing-coveris 

 orange-buff ; flight-quills btdow greyish brown, slightly washed 

 witii buff on the inner edges ; lower aspect of tail greyish brown. 



Total length 214 mm., ex[)0.<ed culmen 18, wing 111, tail 87, 

 tarsus 27. 



This species is not represented in the McConnell collecti< n, and 

 the s[)eciinens described are in the British Museum. The male is 

 icom the Kaiuarang River and the female from Mount Boraima — 

 balvin-Godman collection. 



JireediTif/sfuson. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Aent. Unrecorded in British (xuianu. 



