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Tu r d u s Chinenfis, Biff. Lhin. Lagerflr. 1 1 . 

 is by the Chineje called Whammay {Linnam in 

 his New Syjiema Natura calls it Turdus cano- 

 rus), and might, on account of its ftron^ voice, 

 be called the Crying Thrufh. It was fold for 

 a piaftre at Canton, and died here : for which 

 reafon I put down the following remarks : 

 the bill is angulated-conic, the back part of 

 it fomewhat angulofe : the tongue is as it were 

 torn and emarginated before. The whole 

 body of the female is ferrugineous, except 

 three quill and three tail feathers, which for 

 the greater part are white (this circumftance 

 is feidom to be met with in the other fpecies 

 of this genus') : about and near the eyes is a 

 fhort white line: the belly is blueifh: behind 

 the noflrih are fome bridles : the bill, legs, 

 zn&feet, are whitifh : it has twelve quill fea'- 

 thers, and twelve in the tail, which latter are 

 the fame length with the body: in fize it 

 equals our black bird. It eats rice, moths, 

 flies, and flefh. To-day we met an Englijh 

 (hip which had failed from London fixteen days 

 ago, and was bound for America, having both 

 male and female flaves on board. 



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