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6. TURDUS. 



Head, shoulders and breast blueish-grey, passing into white on 

 the abdomen ; back and wings yellowish-green ; vent-feathers 

 yellow. Outer wing- and tail-feathers deep brown or black. 

 Bill and feet black. Irids reddish. 



7. TURDUS SCAPULARIS*. 



Seems to resemble the T. chrysogaster, except in being much 

 smaller. 



Head and back yellowish-green. Throat and breast golden- 

 yellow. Vent-feathers white. Wing-feathers black, variegated 

 with white, and tinged with green. Tail green and black. 



8. TURDUS Striga. 



Seven inches in length, with rather a thick heavy body. Back, 

 wings, and crown of the head of a shining blue-black ; under- 

 pays, forehead and neck greyish-white. Wing-coverts edged 

 and tipped with white. Bill short, nearly straight, and 

 scarcely notched. The colours of the female are much duller, 

 and the upper parts are brown. 



9. TURDUS ambiguus. 



A very small species, scarcely five inches in length ; general 

 colour blueish-grey, inclining to black on the head, breast, 

 wing-feathers and tail, and nearly white on the belly and 

 edges of some of the wing-feathers. There is a broad white 



stripe below the eyes. Bill short, curved, and without any 

 perceptible notch. 



* Jora scapularis. Horsfield, p. 152. 



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