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In the adjoining island o f Tobago, Mr. Kirk has likewise noted that it feeds upon tho
small berries and seeds, and is particularly shy and restless.
In his articles on Mr. Kirk’s collections Sir William Jardine has named this 'rhntsli Tiirdua
jamaicensis, but Sclater, who has examined the specimens, is satisfied tliat they really belong
to the present bird.
Turdus phmopygus belongs strictly to the same group o f species as those we have already
figured, but is considerably smaller in dimensions than any o f its allies. From T. crotopezus,
which, as Dr. Cabanis remarlcs, is perhaps its nearest ally, it may be readily distinguished hy
Its grey rump, and the pure ashy colour o f the under-wing coverts; which, as is also the case
in T.jamaicensis, have no trace o f a cinnamomeous tinge. The last mentioned species, with
which Sir W . Jardine confounded it, is at once recognizable by its larger size and coffee brown
head, contrasting with its grey hack.
Our figures o f this Tlirush are taken from specimens in Sclater’s collection, that o f the
adult from a Cayenne skin, that o f the younger bird from a skin obtained on the i\Iaroni River
in Surinam b y Mr. C. Bartlett. The latter has already figured in the Proceedings o f the
^ioological Society for 18C7, t 29.
J anvaht, 1SG9.