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In the adjoining island of Tobago, Mr. Kirk has likewise noted that it feeds upon the 

 small berries and seeds, and is particularly shy and restless. 



In his articles on Mr. Kirk's collections Sir William Jardine has named this Thrush Turdus 

 jamaicensis, but Sclater, who has examined the specimens, is satisfied that they really belong 

 to the present bird. 



Turdus pliceopygus belongs strictly to the same group of species as those we have already 

 figured, but is considerably smaller in dimensions than any of its allies. From T, crotopezus, 

 which, as Dr. Cabanis remarks, is perhaps its nearest ally, it may be readily distinguished by 

 its grey rump, and the pure ashy colour of the under-wing coverts ; which, as is also the case 

 in T.jamawensis, have no trace of a cinnamomeous tinge. The last mentioned species, with 

 which Sir W. Jardine confounded it, is at once recognizable by its larger size and coffee brown 

 head, contrasting with its grey back. 



Our figures of this Thrush are taken from specimens in Sclater's collection, that of the 

 adult from a Cayenne skin, that of the younger bird from a skin obtained on the Maroni Eiver 

 in Surinam by Mr. C. Bartlett. The latter has already figured in the Proceedings of the 

 Zoological Society for 1867, t. 29. 







Jafuabt, 1869. 



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