Plate LXXI. 



TUEDUS ALBICOLLIS. 



(WHITE-NECKED THRUSH). 



Tardus alUcoUis . . . Vieill. N. D. xx. p. 227, efc Enc. Meth. p. 640. 



Cab. Mus. Hein. I. p. 5. 

 Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 125. 

 Scl. P.Z.S. 1859, p. 329, et Cat. Am. B. p. 4. 

 Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 93. 



Cimiamoraeo-brunneus, subtus pallide cinereus ; gula alba nigro striata : collo antico, ventre medio et crisso albis : 

 subalaribus efc lateribus veiitris saturate ciunamomeo-rufis : rostro superiore nigro, inferiore flavo : pedibus clare fascia : 

 long, tola 9'4, alae 4'8, caudas 4"0. 



Mab. In Brasilia orieutali merid. : Minas Geraes {Burmeisier) : Eio Jaceiro et S. Paolo {Natterer). 



There can be little doubt after an attentive perusal of Vieillot's description, that the Thrush 

 we now figure is the true Turdus alhicollis of that author, as described from specimens collected 

 by the younger Delalande in Brazil, but not the Turdus alhicollis of Spix. Cabanis and 

 Burmeister have both taken this view of the case, and we see no reason to alter their decision, 

 though the accurate arrangement of the synonyms of the closely allied species of Brazilian 

 Thrushes upon Avhich we are now engaged is by no means an easy task. The White-necked 

 Thrush may be at once distinguished from all its allies by the deep cinnamomeous red of the 

 flanks and sides of the belly, of which colour there are no traces in the other three species. The 

 whole of the under-wing-coverts are lilicwise cinnamon red, not quite so dark as the flanks, 

 but the inner webs of the remiges below are without this colouring. This renders it easily 

 distinguishable from the true T. albiventris^ in which the cinnamomeous colouring of the under- 

 wing-coverts is continued over the under surface of the quills. 



As far as we know this Tlirush is confined to the southern provinces of Brazil. Burmeister 

 tells us that it occurs in the brushwood of the interior, and is much more arboreal in its habits than 

 T. leucomelas. His son procured one specimen near Lagoa Santa. From Herr von Pelzeln's 

 recently published catalogue of Natterer's collection we learn that that indefatigable traveller 

 obtained seven examples of this Thrush in the Provinces of Eio Janeiro and Sao Paolo — the 

 exact localities given being Rio Janeiro, Registro do Sai, and Ypanema. 



Our figure of this species is taken from a skin in Sclater's collection which is believed to 

 have been obtamed in the vicinity of Rio. We have seen others in collections from *^^ • same 

 district, but not in those from Bahia, where T. crotopezus seems to take its place. 



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