TURDUS BOCAGII (Са). 
BOCAGE'S THRUSH. 
Peliocichla bocagii, Cab. 7. f. O. 1882, p. 320. 
Turdus pelios, var. босадіі, Seebohm, Ibis, 1883, p. 166. 
Turdus libonyanus (nec Smith), Schalow, J. f. O. 1886, pp. 412, 420. 
Turdus bocagii, Cab. J. f. O. 1886, p. 897; Matschie, J. f. O. 1887, pp. 135, 155. 
T. similis T. pelio, sed saturatior: pectore et abdomine summo aurantiaco-fulvis distinguendus. 
BocaeE's THRUSH was described by Professor Cabanis from Angola. I have never seen a specimen 
from this country, but one from Bukoba on the Victoria Nyanza was presented to Mr. Seebohm 
by the Berlin Museum. Dr. Reichenow informs me that specimens collected in the Marungu 
district by the late Dr. Richard Bóhm are true 7. bocagii and have been compared with the type. 
Dr. Schalow and Dr. Matschie state that Bóhm met with the species on the Lufuku River in 
July and August, on the Lualaba in October, on the Lugoma Ridge in October and November, 
and on the Lufua River in November (cf. Schalow, J. f. O. 1886, p. 412; Matschie, J. f. O. 1887, 
pp. 185, 155). Young birds were obtained on the Lualaba in November. 
Dr. Reichenow assures me that examples procured by Dr. Stuhlmann at Bukoba on the 
Victoria Nyanza are identical with the type specimen from Angola; and the single individual from 
Bukoba, in the Seebohm Collection, certainly has the orange colour spread over the whole breast 
and upper abdomen. Whether this orange tint is of specific value, or whether it is merely an 
incidental character of winter plumage, a further series of specimens collected at all times of the 
year alone can show. At present the evidence points to the existence of a race of 7. pelios with 
an orange-rufous breast and upper abdomen, ranging from Angola to the western Tanganyika district 
and thence northwards to the Victoria Nyanza. 
Adult male. Differs from T. saturatus in having the orange-rufous tint of the flanks extended 
over the lower breast and upper abdomen, only the lower abdomen being white: * bill reddish- 
yellow; feet light yellow ; claws light horn-brown; iris brown ; bare space behind the eye yellow; 
eyelids reddish-yellow ” (А. Böhm). Total length 8°5 inches, culmen 0:9, wing 475, tail 3:3, 
tarsus 1:2, 
The description is taken from a specimen obtained by Dr. Stuhlmann at Bukoba, and presented 
to Mr. Seebohm by the Berlin Museum. [R. В. S.] 
