TURDUS PELIOS, В). 
ETHIOPIAN THRUSH. 
Turdus pelios, Bp. Consp. i. p. 273 (1850); Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 230 
(1881: pt.). 
Turdus icterorhynchus, Württ. MSS. ; teste Heuglin, Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 383 (1869). 
Peliocichla pelios, Cab. J. f. O. 1882, p. 320. 
Turdus (Peliocichla) eryptopyrrhus (nec Cab.), Hartert, J. f. O. 1886, p. 577. 
Turdus chiguancoides (nec Seeb.), Reichen. J. f. O. 1897, p. 51. 
T. rostro et pedibus flavis: abdomine medio albo : hypochondriis сІагё aurantiaco-rufis: subcaudalibus albis vel 
anguste brunneo marginatis: tibiis aurantiaco-rufis, hypochondriis concoloribus, his conspicué aurantiacis : 
noteeo brunnescente: preepectore cinerascenti-brunneo vel pallidé cineraceo: gutture saturaté brunneo 
striato. 
THE present species ranges from Bogosland to Shoa, south to Uganda and west to the Niger, 
the Gold Coast, and Liberia. The specimens from the last-named parts of West Africa are slightly 
darker than the typical bird from Abyssinia, but those from Uganda and also from the Niger 
cannot in any way be separated from Abyssinian examples. 
Heuglin says that T. pelios is by no means a rare species in the warmer parts of Abyssinia, 
but does not occur in the mountains. He met with it in Galabat, in Senár, Takah, Kordofan, 
and on the White Nile, and as far west as Bongo (Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 383); but the specimens 
obtained in the latter district will probably be found to belong to the dark form of the West-African 
forests, T. saturatus. 'lhe same is probable of the specimens procured by Antinori in the Djur 
country (Cat. descr. Ucc. &c. p. 42). 
The specimens obtained by Mr. F. J. Jackson at N'tebi in March and August, and at Busoga 
Dr. Reichenow believes that the Abyssinian form of this Thrush, true 7. pelios, is distinct from 
that of the localities above mentioned. I cannot agree with this, as it is impossible, to my mind, 
to find any difference between Abyssinian examples and others from Uganda and the Niger. 
А specimen obtained by Mr. Esler at Ailat in the Bogos country is in the British Museum 
(Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. р- 231), and Antinori obtained a couple of female specimens in the 
Anseba Valley in May. He also met with it at Mensa and Sciotel in Bogosland (Antin. & Salvad. 
Viagg. Bogos, p. 93). Mr. Jesse likewise procured specimens at Gabena-weldt-Gonfallon and 
Waliko in the Anseba Valley in August (Finsch, Tr. Zool. Soc. vii. p. 242). 
In Western Africa the present species has been procured by the late Mr. W. A. Forbes at 
Shonga in December (Ibis, 1883, p. 538), and Mr. Hartert met with it at Loko in April and May 
