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Turdus plceopygus
Turdus jamaicensis
P l a t e LXXV.
TUEDUS PHÆOPTGUS,
(CABANIS’ THEUSH).
Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii, p . 66G e t BIus, H e in . i. p. 4.
Sclater. P.Z.S. 1838, p. Cl, 1839, p. 3 27 e t Ca t. Am. B . p. 3.
Scl. & Salv. P.Z.S, 1867, p. 568, o t p. 754, t. sx is .
Leo tau d , Ois, T rin . p, 197.
Ja rd in e , An n . & Mag. N. I I , xx. p. 329 (1847).
Supra s a tu r a te olivaceo-brunneus, u ropygio cinereo : su b tu s pallido cinereus, g u la alba n ig ro s tr ia ta ; collo an tico
ju ste e t v e n tre imo cum crisso a lb is : subalaribus ciñereis ; long, to tá 7 5, alæ 3.9, caudæ 3 0, ta rs i 1 1 .
Ha h . iu Gu ian a B rit. {Sohomb.) ; Su rin am {Mus. Berol.) : Cayenna {Mus. P . L . S .) : P a r a e t E io Negro
{W a lla c e): P c ru v . orien t. Chayavetas (E a r i le « ) ; Æ q u a to riâ orien t, fl. N ap o .: Nov. G ra n ad a in t. Bog o ta (ilZi«.
S .-G .) : ins. T r in ita tis (Z e o ia u d ): ms. Tobago {K ir k ) .
This Thrush, although a tvell-marked species and widely distributed in South America,
seems to have escaped the notice o f Naturalists until the year 1848, when it tvas described
by Dr. Cabanis in the third volume o f Schomburgk’s “ Travels in British Guiana.”
Dr. Schomburgk states tbat in habits it does not differ from other species o f the genus which
he met with in that country, being found in the forests, and usually observed on the ground or
in low bushes. The speeies is also met with iu Surinam and Cayenne, specimens from those
countries being in tbe Berlin Museum and in Sclater’s collection ; and extends as far southward.s
as Para, where Mr. Wallace obtained examples. The same Naturalist also colleetcd specimens
o f it at Cobati on the Rio Negro. Proceeding westwards into upper Amazonia, we find it
occurring at Chayavetas, in Eastern Peru, where Mr. E. Bartlett met witli it in August 18G6,
and on the Rio Napo, whence Verrcaux’s collectors have transmitted skins. It also occurs
occasionally in Bogota collections. We have, as yet, no record o f its being met witb in
Venezuela, though it is doubtless found there, as in Trinidad, as wc arc informed by M. Leotaud,
it is a constant resident, and the birds o f Trinidad are all likewise inhabitants o f the adjacent
mainland.
In Trinidad, M. Leotaud tells us, this species is usually met with in the forests o f the
interior in small flocks, except during tlie breeding season, when they separate into pairs.
It is lively and active in its motions, and has a sweet, loud and rather , varied song, which is
usually heard during the middle o f the day, as in the morning and evening it is occupied in
searching for the berries which constitute its food. M. Leotaud adds that its flesh is excellent
for the table.
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