198 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
and below the eye, blackish-brown; rest of under surface of body 
bright green, marked with yellow on the flanks and vent; under 
wing-coverts bright yellow; thighs uniform with the abdomen. 
Total length, 7°5 inches ; wing, 5°8; tail, 1:8; tarsus, 0°5. 
Fig. Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. taf. vii. 
ORDER PASSERES. 
Fam. TURDIDA. 
180. TuRpDUS LITSITSIRUPA. South African Thrush. 
Turdus strepitans, Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 127. 
We have received specimens of this Thrush from Kuruman and 
Colesberg. Sir A. Smith writes:—“ Immediately upon reaching 
Kurrichaine this Thrush began to appear in the thickets, and we 
continued to acquire occasionally a specimen even in the vicinity of 
the Tropic. It seeks its food upon the ground, and when so occupied 
its resort is readily discovered by the natives from the noise it makes 
in scratching the ground, or in displacing rubbish and decayed 
leaves which conceal the insects it is seeking.” It has not occurred 
to Mr. Ayres in Natal, but Captain Shelley saw a specimen which 
had been killed at Durban. Mr. T. E. Buckley remarks that it was 
not often seen by him during his journey to the Matabili country; 
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he procured a pair in the Transvaal, and Mr. Ayres obtained it on ~ 
the river Limpopo. In the Bechuana country, where Dr. Exton met 
with the species, it is called, “ Chu-chu-roo-foo.” Anchieta has 
obtained it at Humbe, on the Cunene river, and in Mossamedes at 
Huilla, Capangombe and Quillengues. 
We extract from Mr. Andersson’s work the following account of 
this Thrush in Damara Land. “ This Thrush is pretty abundant in 
Damara and Great Namaqua Land, especially the former ; it also 
occurs in the Lake Regions. It is partially migratory, only a few 
remaining in Damara Land throughout the year. It lives chiefly on 
insects, for which it searches at the roots of trees and amongst low 
bushes, old leaves, and decayed wood. It scratches somewhat after 
the manner of fowl, and is thence called by the Bechuanas, the 
‘ Ground-scraper ;’ it also runs with great celerity. It lives singly 
or in pairs, and occasionally perches on the topmost branch of some 
