TRIPOLI THRUSH. 201 



Ceylonese Stare. Lnth. Gen. Syn. 3. 11. 2. 

 Yellow-crowned Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 74. 96. Lath. 

 Syn. Sup. 143. y& Broicn. Illust. Zool. 5Q.pl. 22. 



THIS mimicking bird is as large as the common 

 Song Thrush : its beak is black : the crown of 

 the head and cheeks are yellow : from the beak, 

 passing below the cheeks, is a black line : the 

 breast and under part of the body ash-coloured ; 

 the former sprinkled with arrow-shaped dusky 

 spots : greater quills, tail, and legs, pale green. 

 Native of Ceylon and Jav r a. 





TRIPOLI THRUSH. 

 (Turdus Tripolitanus.) 



Tc. olivaceo-favus, subtus albidus, remigibiis nigris, rectricibus 



nigricantibus apice albis. 

 Olive-yellow Thrush, beneath whitish, with the quills black ; 



tail-feathers dusky, tipped with white. 

 Turdus tripolitanus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1.808. Lath. Ind. Om. 



1. 32Q. 10. 



Le Merle olivatre de Barbaric. Buffi Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 4O4. 

 Tripoli Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 23. 10. 



SIZE of T. viscivorus : its beak is reddish brown: 

 the plumage of the upper parts of the body, and 

 lesser wing-coverts, olive yellow; the latter tinged 

 with brown : the greater coverts and quills black : 

 the wings reach to the middle of the tail : the 

 under parts of the body dirty white : tail-feathers 

 dusky, with yellowish tip : legs lead-coloured. In- 

 habits the Barbary States. 



