TURDUS LEUCAUCHEN, Selater. 
SCLATER'S WHITE-THROATED THRUSH. 
Turdus leucauchen, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 447; Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 212 
(1881: pt.). 
Turdus tristis (nec Swains.), Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 180; id. and Godman, Biol. Centr-Amer., 
Aves, i. p. 16 (1879: pt.). 
T. plagä gutturali albá conspicuá : сапай nigricante: rostro flavo ; notzo schistaceo ( ptil. estiu.) : rostro corylino 
vel nigricante ; notzeo rufescenti-brunneo vel saturaté olivascenti-brunneo (ptil. hiem.). 
I НАУЕ already gone so fully into the relations of this species with its Mexican ally, T. tristis, that 
І have little to add on the subject under the heading of 7. leucauchen. The latter species was 
described by Dr. Sclater from specimens procured in Vera Paz, Guatemala, by Skinner (Р. 2. 8. 
1858, p. 447), and Messrs. Salvin and Godman found it in the same country at Coban, Choctum, the 
forest between Cahabon and San Luis, and also at Dueñas (Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p.15). Itis 
likewise found in Chiapas in Southern Mexico, and is apparently resident there, as Mr. Richardson 
has sent specimens to Messrs. Salvin and Godman from Union Juarez (March 24-30), from Jitotol 
(May 6) and Santa Rita (May 8). The two latter birds are in nearly full breeding-plumage, while 
the ones killed in March still retain their dark winter dress. 
The following is a list of the localities іп which the species has been procured, most of the 
specimens being in the Salvin-Godman Collection :—Volcan de S. Miguel, Salvador, March 30, 
April 5 (W. В. Richardson: mus. S.-G.); Cayo, western district of British Honduras, April 4-17 
(F. Blancaneaux: mus. S.-G.); San Pedro, Honduras (б. М. Whitely: Scl. € Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, 
p. 858); Chontales, Nicaragua (T. Belt: Salvin, Ibis, 1872, p. 314); La Libertad, Chontales (W. В. 
Richardson: mus. S.-G.); Matagalpa, Aug. 22 to Sept. 28 (ЈУ. B. Richardson: mus. 5.-@.) Jal, 
Мау 12-15 (W. В. Richardson: mus. 8.-6.); Santa Cruz, Rio Coco, April 20 (ТУ. В. Richardson : 
mus. S.-G.); Costa Rica; Dota Mountains (J. Carmiol: Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. ix. p. 91); Navarro 
(J. Cooper: Lawr. l. с.); Tucurriqui (Е. Arcé : mus. S.-G.) ; Irazu district (И. Rogers: mus. 8-6); 
Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Boquete de Chitra, Cordillera de Tolé, Calovevora, Calobre, Santa Fé 
(Е. Arcé; mus. S.-G. : Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 180). 
Messrs. Salvin and Godman write :—“ This species is seldom found to be absent from the 
neighbourhood of Dueñas in the plains between the volcanoes of Agua and Fuego, where Грота 
murocoides abounds. It is there rather a shy bird. We never found its nest, but obtained young 
birds which had not thrown off their first spotted plumage. Іп Vera Paz it is by no mean common 
in the vicinity of Coban; but аба lower elevation in the forests that stretch away to the confines 
of Peten it is very abundant. Тһе bird-collectors of Coban obtain many skins from this district 
in the dry season between J anuary and March; and we ourselves observed it wherever we went in 
these forests. Owing, perhaps, to the different character of the vegetation of this part of Vera Paz 
to that which prevails at Duefias, it is here a strictly forest-loving species." 
Mr. С. F. Underwood says that on the Volcano of Miravalles, in Costa Rica, T. leucauchen was 
abundant in the forests, feeding on the fruit of the Higueron and other trees; it was “somewhat wild, 
seeming to perceive one from a long distance " (Ibis, 1896, p. 482). 
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