TURDUS DECKENI, Cab. 
VON DER DECKEN'S THRUSH. 
Turdus deckeni, Cab. J. f. O. 1868, p. 412; Reichen. Vóg. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 233 (1894). 
Peliocichla deckeni, Cab. J. f. O. 1882, p. 319. 
Turdus cabanisi (nec Bp.), Shelley, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 226. ' 
T. similis T. cabanisi, sed suprà brunnescentior, et hypochondriis olivascenti-brunneis distinguendus. 
Tue exact part of East Africa where this Thrush was discovered by Von der Decken is not 
known, but, as Dr. Reichenow points out (7. c.), the species is apparently restricted to the 
Kilimanjaro district. Sir Harry Johnston says that it is here almost confined to the inhabited 
portions. Не procured specimens at a height of from 5000-6000 feet (Shelley, P. 7. S. 1885, 
p. 226). 
Adult male. Similar to T. cabanisi, but much browner above and decidedly more dusky 
underneath, the sides of the body being olive-brown with an ochreous tinge, instead of being 
ashy-grey. The throat is dusky greyish-brown right up to the chin, which alone is white, the throat 
being almost imperceptibly streaked with dusky blackish. Total length 8*5 inches, culmen 0:95, 
wing 4:45, tail 8:4, tarsus 1:25. у 
There is very little difference in colour between the two specimens in the British Museum from 
Kilimanjaro; but the one procured by Sir Harry Johnston at 5000 feet has the thighs bright 
orange-rufous, whereas in that obtained at 6000 feet the thighs are olive-brownish like the 
flanks. 
Mr. Seebohm did not figure this species, as he apparently considered 7. elgonensis to be the 
same as 7. deckeni; but the brown flanks of the latter species show that it belongs to the group of 
T. cabanisi, whereas 7. elgonensis is allied to T. abyssinicus. 
The specimen described is in the British Museum from Kilimanjaro. IR B. З. 
