BLACK-THROATED THRUSH. 191 



The following is Gould's description of T. ruficollis; 

 — "Head, all of the upper surface, and wings, greyish 

 brown; lores, superciliary stripe, and throat, light 

 chesnut; breast, abdomen, and under tail coverts, white; 

 two central tail feathers brown, lateral tail feathers 

 rufous, becoming brown towards the margin; bill olive 

 yellow, passing into black at the tip ; feet flesh-colour." 



T. atrogidaris is figured by Naumann, "Naturg. Neue 

 Ausg.," v. 2, p. 310, tab. 69, fig. 1, old male; fig. 2, 

 young of year; Bechstein, as T. dubhts ; Temminck, 

 "Atlas," (male;) Schinz, "Europ. Fauna," tab. 1, p. 

 164; Gould, "B. of E." 



