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SENEGAL THRUSH. 

 (Turdus senegalensis.) 



Tu. grisco-fuscus, venire sordide albo, remigibus rectricibusque 



Juscis. 

 Grey-brown Thrush, with the belly dull white, and the quills 



and tail-feathers brown. 

 Turdus senegalensis. Gmel. Syst. N'at. 1. 823. Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 1. 352. Q3. 



Merula senegalensis. Briss. 2. 26l. 26. t. 22. f. 2. 

 Le Merle brun du Senegal. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 585. 



Buff. PL Enl. 563.f. 3. 

 Senegal Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 68. 85. 



THIS is eight inches in length : its beak is 

 brown : the entire plumage, with the exception 

 of the belly, sides, thighs, and under tail-coverts, 

 which are whitish, is of a grey brown colour : the 

 quills, tail, and legs, darkest. It inhabits Senegal. 



SHORT-WINGED THRUSH. 

 (Turdus brachypterus.) 



Tu. cauda cuneiformi elongata, corpore cinereo-fusco, alis ab- 



breviatis. 

 Thrush with an elongated wedge-shaped tail, ash-coloured 



brown body, and short wings. 



Turdus brachypterus. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. xliii. 21. 

 Short-winged Thrush. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 187. 30. 



THE wings of this bird are so remarkably short 

 that it is scarcely able to fly, and is in conse- 

 quence generally observed on the ground : it is 



