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bushes, making a nest like that of the blackbird, and lined with fibres 

 and roots. The eggs, large for the size of the bird, are generally four 

 in number, of a light verditer blue, mottled with irregular patches of 

 brown, thickest on the obtuse end : axis, 15'" ; diam., 11"'. 



241. Turdus Gurneyi, Hartib.; ibis Voi. i864. 



p. 349. 

 Above, olive-brown ; spot between the eye and the bill, throat, 

 chest, and flanks, cinnamon ; belly and under tail-covers, pure 

 white ; tail coloured as the back ; two rows of white spots 

 across the wing. Length, 6" 5"' ; wing, 4" 5'" ; tail, 3" 3'". 

 Natal. — Mr. Ayres. Non vidi. 



242. Turdus Senegalensis, Cuv. nee Gmei.^^ 



Vol 6, p. 379; 2". Mgerrimus, Gmel., Pi. Enl, t. 539, f. 2. 



" Shining black ; feathers yellow-edged ; throat, quills, and 

 tail black." 



South Africa. — Cuv., loc. cit. ; but in reality from Madagascar. 



Genus PETROCINCLA,t Vigors; Rock-Thrushes, 

 Bill notched ; culmen curved to the tip, which is bent, but 

 not hooked over the lower mandible, nearly entire ; wings 

 moderate ; first quill spurious, second shorter than the throe 

 next, which are equal and longest ; tail even ; anterior scales 

 divided ; lateral toes equal ; claws small, slightly curved. 



243. Petrocincla Rupestris, Cuv., Voi. 6, p. 



376 ; Turdus Rupestris, Vieill. ; Pet Montana, Sw. ; 

 T. Rupicola, Licht. ; Pet. Rocar, Staph. ; Le Rocar, 

 Le Vail., Pis. 101, 102. 



The whole of the head and throat, dark ashy-blue ; back and 

 wings dark-brown ; the former with a deep rufous tinge, 

 increasing towards the rump, which is entirely deep rufous ; 

 the tail is also rufous, with the exception of the two centre 

 feathers ; all the under parts deep rufous, lightest towards 

 the vent ; 9 wants the blue head, otherwise she is lilte the 

 male ; irides dark-brown. Length, 9" ; wing, 4" 6'",; tail,3" 8'". 



This rock-thrush is seldom found except among stones covei-irig the 

 sides of mountains. In habits it closely resembles P. Explorator., •* 



I have seen it at Kalk and Simon's Bays, and on Table Mountaioi^ , 

 I have also received it from Swellendam, Beaufort, and Colesberg. 



Mrs. Barber informs me that it breeds in holes under rocks, and 



* T. Senegalensis of Gmelin = Phyllastrejjhtts Lugubris, Bodd. 



t Mr. Gray (Qeaera of Birds, p. 218) makes this genus syaonymous with Turdus. 



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