surmise was correct I Tiave been able to prove by a comparison of the type specimen of tbe latter
bird, wbich Professor Barboza du Bocage most kindly sent from Lisbon for me to examine.
T. verreauxi is certainly a paler bird than T. libonyanus and T. tropiealis, but is especially so
in winter plumage, when the upper parts are pale blue-grey. The orange tint on the sides of the
body is also lighter than in T. libonyanus. The wing measures from 4'3-4‘4 inches.
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TURDUS CINE'RASCENS, Reichen.
TABORA THRUSH.
Turdus libonyanus (nec Smith), Schalow, J. f. 0 . 1883, p. 367; Emin, J. f. O. 1891, p. 60.
Turdus libonyanus, pt., Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 233 (1894).
Turdus oinerascens, Reichen. Om. MB. vi. p. 82 (1898).
T. similis T. verreauxi: prsepeetore pallide cinerascente, minime aurantiaco lavato: supra brunnescenti-griseus,
nec brunneus, minime olivascens: corporis lateribus clare anrantiaco-rufia.
De. Reich en ow has separated this species from T. libonyanus and T. verreauxi. He has specimens
in the Berlin Museum obtained by Emin Pasha at Tabora, and by Bohm at Kakoma.
This race of T. libonyanus is said by Hr. Reichenow to be very closely allied to T. schuetti from
Angola, but differs from the latter in its pale ashy fore-neck and chest, which show no shade of an
orange wash. The upper surface is said to be of a brownish-grey colour, instead of being brown,
without a tint of olive, and the sides of the body are clear orange-rufous.
These characters answer so well for some of the specimens of T. verreauxi from South-western
Africa that I have grave doubts as to whether T. oinerascens is distinct from the last-named species,
and I expect that, when allowance has been made for the difference of plumage due to season,
T. verreauxi and T. oinerascens will both be found to be seasonal variations of T. tropicalis.
Bohm says that it was not very plentiful near Kakoma oh the edges of roads and in the
savanna. Of a male bird procured in April he gives the soft parts as follows :—“ Peet and claws
pale brownish-yellow, the iris brown, and the gape and eyelid bright yellow ” (of, Schalow, J. f. O.
1883, p. 367). Another male obtained in March had the “ bill yellow, with the tip greyish-hom-
colour; behind the eye a bare space of yellow; the feet horny-buff.”
A male bird obtained by Emin Pasha at Tabofa in Uniamyembe in August had the “ bill
bright orange-red; feet orange-yellow; iris umber-brown; bare spot behind the eye and eyelid
vinaceous-red.” Another male had the “ eyelids yellow, and the bare spot behind the eye grey ”
(Emin, J. f. 0 .1 8 9 1 , p. 60). " [R. B. S.]