TURDUS ABYSSINICUS, Gm. 
ABYSSINIAN THRUSH. 
Le Merle brun Ф Abyssinie, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 406 (1760). 
Abyssinian Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 1, p. 78 (1783). 
Turdus abyssinicus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 824 (1788); Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 228 
(1881). 
Merula olivacea (nec Linn.), Rüpp. Neue Wirb., Vóg. p. 83 (1835). 
Turdus olivacinus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 273 (1850); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 382 (1869). 
Turdus olivaceus (nec Linn.), Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 29 (1856). 
Turdus olivaceus habessinicus, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 382 (1869). 
Turdus erythrorhynchus, Heugl. J. f. O. 1871, p. 207. 
Turdus (Cichloides) olivacinus, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. iv. App. p. cv (1871). 
Peliocichla olivacina, Cab. J. f. O. 1882, p. 319. 
T. similis T. olivaceo, sed gutture fuscescente, minime prepectore concolore : notzo olivascenti-brunneo. 
Tur Abyssinian Thrush is well-named, for it appears to be entirely confined to Abyssinia and Shoa, 
and it has not yet been recorded from Bogos Land. Von Heuglin states that the species is found 
over the whole of Abyssinia from 7000 to 10,000 feet, and he met with it in Wolo Land up to 
12,000 feet (Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 382). Mr. W. T. Blanford obtained a specimen at Senafé in Tigré, 
and also on Lake Ashangi at 8000 feet (Geol. & Zool. Abyss. p. 357), and says that it was not 
seen away from the highlands. 
In Shoa it would appear to be abundant. It was obtained by Sir W. C. Harris many years ago 
at Ankober in December, and at Angollalá in January (Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 228). 
The Italian travellers Antinori and Ragazzi have procured specimens in nearly every month of the 
year, and the former observes that it was “not rare at any of the Italian stations in Arramba and 
Ankober, breeding in the forests of the Kolla in February." Тһе localities given are, Sciotalit, 
Denz, Mahal-Uonz, Fechierié-Ghem, Janfridi, Curé, Fallé (Mulo-Galla country) (cf. Salvad. Ann. 
Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 159, vi. p. 258). Dr. Ragazzi says that it was very common in the parts of 
Shoa visited by him. | 
Seebohm gives the habitat of this species as the “highlands of Abyssinia and the Uganda 
country" (Ibis, 1883, p. 166). His authority for the latter statement is apparently the presence of 
two specimens in his own collection from “Lake Tsanné in M'tesa's country." These were 
purchased from M. Bouvier out of the same collection that contained the type of Geocichla piaggie. 
I have never been able to fix this “ Lake Tsanné,” and it is to be noted that neither G. piaggie nor 
T. abyssinicus have been met with in Uganda, but both have been procured by the Italian naturalists 
in Shoa. The locality actually intended is probably Lake Tsana in Abyssinia. 
Von Heuglin states that he found the species in pairs inhabiting the dense shrub and high 
trees, with plenty of undergrowth and decaying leaves, on the banks of small streams and in ruins 
throughout Abyssinia, but only at a height of from 7000 to 10,000 feet. He says that this Thrush 
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