168 THRUSH. 



chin and throat white, the last mottled with black ; breast greyish 

 brown ; belly, thighs, and vent cinereous ; tail short, one inch and 

 a quarter long ; legs reddish brown. Some birds have not the rufous 

 mark at the nape. — Inhabits Cayenne. 



A.— Le Tetema, Bnf. iv. 475. PL enl. 821. Gen. Syn. iii. 86. 



This differs in having the whole of the under parts, as well as the 

 upper, deep brown, but the back part of the head, and neck, are deep 

 rufous, and the legs paler. 



Found with the other, and supposed to be a male. 



B. — Length full eight inches. Bill one inch long, stout, nearly 

 straight; nostrils pervious, colour black; plumage in general fine deep 

 olive brown above, beneath inclining to ash-colour; chin, throat, 

 and neck before sooty black ; this colour extends on each side, and 

 just includes the eye; under tail coverts ferruginous; under wing 

 coverts brown and pale ferruginous, mixed ; quills, some way from 

 the base, pale ferruginous ; the rest of the length, and outer webs 

 brown; tail rounded, two inches and a half long, deep brown, the ends 

 darker, the upper coverts with a ferruginous tinge ; legs one inch and 

 a quarter long, and brown ; the wings reach half way on the tail. 



Inhabits the Island of Trinidad. — Lord Stanley. It has the 

 make, size, and shape of the Rufous-necked Thrush. 



230.— ALARUM THRUSH. 



Turdus tinniens, Ind. Orn. i. 360. Gm. Lin. i. S27. 

 Le grand Befroi, Buf. iv. 470. t. 22. PI. enl. 706. 1. 

 Fourmilier, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal, p. lviii. 

 Alarum Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 86. Shaiv's Zool. x. 306. 



LENGTH six inches and a half. Bill black, beneath white, 

 rather stout, and somewhat bent at the tip ; plumage above brown, 



