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Fraser says that in Ecuador he found this Thrush a “smart, active, upright bird, seen in pairs 
about the meadow-lands.” At Riobamba it was “common, but very shy, found on the ground in 
swampy places. The stomach of one bird contained maggots, insects, and a small tadpole.” 
Adult male. General colour above uniform ashy-grey, slightly shaded with olive, the wing-coverts 
and quills sepia-brown, externally ashy like the back, the secondaries broadly margined with ashy ; 
tail-feathers dark sepia-brown, externally ashy; lores ashy-fulvous ; in front of the eye a dusky 
spot; feathers below the eye and ear-coverts ashy-grey, with hair-like shaft-lines of whitish ; cheeks 
dull white, spotted with dusky black; chin white; remainder of under surface duller ashy-grey, 
with a slight olive tinge, especially on the flanks and sides of the body; the throat obscurely 
streaked with triangular spots of dusky blackish; under tail-coverts slaty-grey, with white fringes 
and narrow white shaft-streaks; under wing-coverts and axillaries ochreous-buff, with ashy-grey 
bases; quills dusky below, light ashy on the inner webs. Total length 10 inches, culmen 1:05, 
wing 5:25, tail 4:2, tarsus 1*5. 
The male described was procured by Mr. O. T. Baron at Cajamarca in July. A female from 
Islay obtained by Whitely on the 10th of May seems to be still in winter plumage. It is olive-brown 
above and below, only the abdomen being whitish. The stripes on the throat are very indistinct, 
. and there is по orange-buff on Ше axillaries, which are ashy-brown like the breast: “ЫШ bright 
yellow; feet, toes, and claws bright yellow ; iris reddish hazel” (H. Whitely). Total length 
10 inches, culmen 1:0, wing 5:15, tail 3:8, tarsus 1:4. 
'The specimen figured is from Islay, and is in the Seebohm Collection. ІК. В. 5.] 
