TURDUS LEUCOMELAS, Рей. 
DUSKY THRUSH. 
Zorzal olscuro y blanco, Azara, Apunt. i. p. 341, no. Ixxx. (1802). 
Turdus leucomelas, Vieill. N. Dict. d'Hist. Nat. xx. p. 238 (1818); Scl. & Salv. Exot. Orn. 
p. 143, pl. Ixxii. (1868); Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 213 (1881). 
? Turdus olivaceus (nec Linn.), Lafr. & d'Orbigny, Mag. де Zool., Syn. Av. 1837, p. 17. 
? Turdus rufiventris (nec V.), d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. Mérid. iv. pt. 3, p. 203 (1840). 
Turdus amaurochalinus, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 5 (1850). 
Planesticus amaurochalinus, Bp. С. В. xxxviii. p. 3 (1854). 
Тиғаив albiventris (nec Spix), Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 451. 
Turdus crotopezus (nec Licht.), Burm. Syst. Uebers. iii. p. 123 (1856); id. Reis. La Plata-St. ii. 
p. 474 (1861). 
Turdus albicollis (nec V.), Euler, MSS. no. 224 (teste Cab. 7. f. O. 1874, p. 82). 
T. plagá gulari albá minis conspicuá : pedibus nigricantibus : pectore et hypochondriis pallid® cinerascentibus vel 
brunneis: rostro in ptilosi «estivá flavo, in ptilosi hiemali vel hornotiná nigricante: plagá nudá oculari nullá: 
gutture distincté nigro striolato. 
Tuis species is widely distributed in South America. It is common near Buenos Ayres and breeds 
there, though Mr. Hudson believes that the species is also a partial migrant (Scl. & Hudson, Argent. 
Orn.i. p. 1). Specimens were sent from Conchitas by Mr. Hudson (Scl. & Salv. P. 7. S. 1868, 
р. 138), and Mr E. W. White has recorded the species from Concepcion in Misiones and Santo 
Tomo in Corrientes (P. Z. S. 1882, p. 592), while Mr. Withington has also forwarded specimens from 
Lomas de Zamora (Ibis, 1888, p. 462), where he says that it is fairly plentiful in winter and spring. 
Herr Frenzel has noticed it in the Province of Cordova (J. f£. O. 1894, p. 117), and Dr. Borelli 
obtained it at Santa Rosa in Salta (Salvad. Boll. Mus. Torino, x. p. 2). 
Тһе range of the species is said to extend to Mendoza by Burmeister (Reis. La Plata-St. ii. 
p. 474). In the British Museum are two skins said to be from Chili. They were received from the 
Zoological Society many years ago ; but there seems to be at present no warrant for supposing that 
the species is found in Chili proper, and it is omitted in Mr. Berkeley James's list of the birds 
inhabiting the last-named country. 
In Uruguay Mr. O. V. Aplin states that he found the species rather common in the monte of 
the Rio Negro in December (Ibis, 1894, p. 161). Тһе British Museum contains a specimen from 
Paysandu, procured by Mr. Alan Peel in August. Mr. Barrows says that the species was abundant 
at Concepcion all the year round, but was not observed at Azul nor at any of the points further south 
(Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, viii. p. 85). From Paraguay came Azara's original account of the species, 
and Dr. Borelli met with it at Villa Ricca in Central Paraguay (Salvad. Boll. Mus. Torino, x. p. 2). 
Mr. Graham Kerr found it on the Lower Pilcomayo (Ibis, 1892, p. 122). 
It seems to be of wide range in Brazil. Dr. Ihering obtained specimens at Taquara in Rio 
Grande do Sul, in February, July, and August (Berlepsch & Ihering, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. ii. p. 16, 
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