





Plate LXXI. 



TURDUS ALBICOLLIS. 



(WHITE-NECKED THRUSH). 



Tardus alhicollis . . . Vieill. N. D. xx. p. 227, et 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. 



Cinnamomeo-brumnens, subtus pallide cinereus ; gula alba nigro striata ; collo antico, ventre medio et crisso albis -. 

 subalaribus et lateribus ventris saturate cinnamomeo-rnfis : rostro superiore nigro, inferiore flavo : pedibus clare fuscis : 

 long, tota 9*4, alse 4'8, caudse 4*0. 



Hal. In Brasilia orientali merid. : Minas Geraes {Burmeister) : Rio Janeiro et S. Paolo (batterer). 



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 which 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 likewise 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. alhiventris, 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 Thrush 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 Eio Janeiro, Eegistro do Sai, and Ypanema. 



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

 have been obtained in the vicinity of Eio. We have seen others in collections from the same 

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



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December, 1868. 



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