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smaller bill; the feathers of the tail are broader and darker in colour; the under wing-coverts 
are of a lighter pale salmon, and the inner margins of the quills are more cinereous, are less 
tinged with salmon colour, and the upper plumage is slightly darker in colour than in my specimens 
of 7. gymnophthalmus." 
I am unable to see any specific characters for the separation of Т. caribbeus myself, and Mr. Cory 
has united Lawrence's species to 7. gymnophthalmus (Cat. West Ind. B. p. 122). It should, however, 
be noted that there is apparently a difference in the colour of the ** iris" between the Grenada and 
the continental birds (vide infra). 
Specimens from Bogotá are in the Salvin-Godman and Seebohm Collections, but I have not 
yet seen any from Peru. А specimen from Pallatanga in Ecuador, obtained by Fraser, is in the 
Salvin-Godman Collection; it is doubtless this specimen which was determined by Dr. Sclater as 
T. albiventris іп 1859 (1. c.). Prof. J. А. Allen, however, records the species as having been 
obtained by Dr. Rusby in the province of Yungas in Bolivia (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 78). 
In Trinidad, according to Léotaud, **it is common everywhere and permanently resident ; being, 
however, most frequently met with in the vicinity of habitations. It feeds in flocks, principally on 
berries, and in the evening makes its presence known by a song, which is more remarkable for 
variety than for sweetness. For its roosting-place it usually selects the small palm-trees which 
grow in damp situations, where the arrival of each additional member of the flock is greeted with 
a cackling, which does not cease until darkness sets in. It is of a shy nature, but nevertheless 
enters the court-yards of the houses to feed on the berries of the trees, in this respect resembling 
the Blackbird of Europe. Тһе gourmands of Trinidad highly appreciate this Thrush, particularly 
at the season when it feeds on certain aromatic berries." 
Mr. Frank Chapman writes as follows :—“ Common in Trinidad near the borders of the forests 
and in partial clearings. They are shy, suspicious birds, and some caution is necessary in 
approaching them. In general appearance they are typically Thrush-like, and their manner of 
flirting their tail on alighting is exactly like that of our Robin (Merula migratoria). Their ordinary 
call-note is a low cháf, quite unlike the call of any Thrush with whose notes I am familiar. They 
began to sing on April 6, and in a few days were in full song. The latter is so like that of our 
Robin, that if it was heard in the habitat of that species it would pass as a slightly aberrant 
Robin’s song. It is not quite so loud as the song of the Robin, is lacking in variety, and is 
sung less continuously, but the character is the same.” 
Mr. Ober writes from Grenada :—* І am positive that I heard this bird in St. Vincent, but only 
once, and did not obtain or even fairly see it. Its cry is peculiar and, when once heard, could not be 
mistaken. It resembles the cry of the Whippoorwill in the morning, just as it utters the * poor-will, 
and just preceding the final cluck. It was not a stretch of the imagination, either, to fancy a cry 
like ‘how de dew” (as uttered by the country gentleman when saluting an acquaintance), with the 
stress upon dew. 16 has also, when alarmed, or when threading a strange thicket, the soft call-note 
of the Thrushes, similar to that of the Grive or Mountain Thrush. It inhabits the thick growth of 
old pastures, and seems to prefer the dark recesses beneath the overhanging trees and bushes of the 
hill-sides on the borders of the opens.” 
Dr. John Grant Wells says that in Grenada this Thrush is “abundant everywhere from the 
coast to the borders of the mountains, frequenting the cocoa-fields and mango-trees, feeding on 
*figeur' and other wild berries: it is also frequently seen on the ground, scratching amongst the 
dead leaves for insects and larve ; hence it is often caught in springes set for the Perdrix. It has 
several very melodious notes, and also an alarm-note ог“ cluck.’ Its nest is generally placed in the 
fork of the cocoa (Theobroma), and is rather а rude and bulky structure, composed of dry roots and 
mud, with no soft lining for the eggs, which are three in number, of a pale green, thickly spotted 
