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P l a t e LXXIV.
TURDUS ALBIVENTRIS,
(SPIX’S THEUSH).
Turdus albivenler
Tu rd u s ephippialis
Turd us liumilis
Sp is, Av. Bras. i. p. 70, t. 69, f. 1.
Cab. in Schomb. Gu ian . iii. p. 666 e t Mus. H e in . p . 4.
Scl. & Salv. P.Z.S . 1S67, p . 568.
Bu rm. Sy s t. ü e b . iii. p . 124.
Scl. P.Z.S, 1862, p. 109 e t Cat. Am. B. App. p. 358.
L ic h t. in Mua. Berol. : Nomencl, p. 26.
S u p rà olivaceo-brunneus, c ap ite colloque cineracescentihus ; su b tù s p allide c in e ra c eu s ; g u lâ a lb â fusco a tria tâ ;
v e n tre medio crissoque p u rè albis : su b a larib u s e t remigum marginibus in te rn ia læ té cinnamomeis : ro s tro e t p ed ib u s
fuscis : long, to tà 9 '0 , alæ 5 ’6, caudæ 3'75.
H h i . in Bra silia o rientali, Bahia (W u c h e r e r )M ex ian a (W a lla c e ): P a ra (S p ix ) : G u ian a B r it. (Schomburgk):
V en e zu e la ; Cumana (B ea u p e r th u y in Mu s. P a r .) ; Nov, G ra n ad â in t. ( i/its . P .L .S .) .
There can be no question, we think, that, as Dr. Cabanis has pointed out, the bird figured
by S p is as tbe male o f his Turdus alUventer is this Thrush, which may be immediately
distinguished from the species figured in the three preceding plates by the deep cinnamomeous
under-wing coverts, and by this colour being extended over the inner edges o f the remiges.
In this character it resembles Turdus rufivenb-is, T. fumlgatus and T. groiji ; from which, however,
it is easily distinguishable b y other decided diffei-cnces. From T. albicollis, with wliich it has
heen likewise confounded, this Thrush is easily recognisable by the complete absence o f the
white neck-spot, more nearly resembling 2'. leucomelas in this respect.
In contrast to what we have observed as regards the last species the present bh-d appears
to have an extended range in South America, from the neighbourhood o f Bahia in Brazil
to the vicinity o f Bogotá in New Granada. It occurs, not unfrequently, in collections formed
in the province o f Bahia, whence Dr. Wucherer has recently forwarded us specimens.
Mr. Wallace collected examples in the island o f Mexiana near Pai-a, thus confirming one o f
the localities assigned to it by Spix. The other locality given to it by the latter Naturalist
“ Minas Geraes,” is probably intended for Tuvdus leucomelas, which, as has been already noted,
is figured as by Spix the female o f the present species.
Proceeding northwards we find this Thrush occurring in Schombui-gk’s list o f the birds
of British Guiana, aud recorded by Cabanis as existing in the Berlin Museum from Cayenne.