MERULA EURYZONA, Du Bus. 
COLOMBIAN CHESTNUT OUZEL. 
Merula euryzona, Du Bus, Esq. Orn. pl. xxxiv. (1845); Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. 
р. 266 (1881). 
Turdus fulviventris, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, р. 273. 
Turdus euryzonus, Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 2 (1862). 
M. rostro et pedibus flavis: suprà saturaté schistacea: pectore aurantiaco-castaneo : hypochondriis minimé nigro 
maculatis : preepectore cinerascente: gutture nigricante. 
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Тнів species, which resembles some of the Old-World Ouzels, especially Merula protomomelena, is 
an inhabitant of Colombia and Ecuador. From the last-named species it differs chiefly in having 
a less extent of black on the throat, which is followed by an ashy-grey fore-neck ; otherwise the two 
species are remarkably alike and certainly belong to the same section of the genus Merula, though 
inhabiting such widely different areas. 
The Colombian Chestnut Ouzel is a very rare bird in collections. The specimens іп the 
British Museum consist of an example from Bogotá, the type of Turdus fulviventris, another from ` 
Pamplona obtained by Mr. Claude W. Wyatt, and specimens from Jima and San Lucas in Ecuador, 
collected by the late Clarence Buckley. Mr. Wyatt writes (Ibis, 1871, p. 320):—* We only met 
with this rare Thrush in one locality, in the dense forest on the summit of the mountain-chain 
between the Magdalena and Ocaña. There, however, it was not an uncommon bird, but, owing 
to the density of the vegetation, it was difficult to obtain specimens. We often saw it sitting on the ` 
bough of some tree within a few yards of us; but there was no chance of finding it if we shot it. 
Locality Alto. Altitude 5000-6000 feet." | 
Adult. General colour above dark slaty-grey, with а slight olive tinge; wing-coverts like the 
back, the bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish, externally dark slaty-grey ; tail black; 
crown of head and nape black, forming a cap ; sides of face also black as well as the throat, the 
latter slightly mottled with ashy bases to the feathers; lower throat and fore-neck dark ashy-grey, 
tinged with olive; remainder of under surface of body deep chestnut; the thighs, lower flanks, and 
under tail-coverts dark ashy, the former tinged with olive, the coverts faintly edged with rufous and 
having narrow shaft-lines of buff; under wing-coverts and axillaries deep chestnut; quills dusky 
below, ashy along the inner webs. Total length 9:5 inches, culmen 1:05, wing 3:35, tail 3:8, 
tarsus 1:35. 
The description has been taken from a Bogotá specimen in the Sclater Collection (type of 
T. fulviventris). Тһе specimen figured is from Jima in Ecuador, in the Salvin-Godman Collection. 
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