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SPECTACLE THRUSH. 

 (Turdus perspicillatus.) 



TV. griseo-viridis, subtiisjlavescente-alltus, capite colloque cinercis, 



sincipite lunulaqite sub oculis nigris. 

 Grey-green Thrush, beneath yellowish white, with the head 



and neck ash-coloured ; the forehead and crescent round the 



eyes black. 

 Turdus perspicillatus. Gmel. Syst. Not. 1. 830. Lath. 2nd. 



Orn. 1.349.79. 

 Le Merle de la Chine. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3.368. Buffi PI. 



Enl. 604. 

 Spectacle Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 6l. 71. 



THIS singular looking bird, of which we have 

 given a figure, is rather larger than the Blackbird : 

 it is in length eight inches and a half: its beak is 

 dusky : the head and neck ash-coloured, inclining 

 to brown towards the breast : forehead and circle 

 surrounding each eye black, appearing like a pair 

 of spectacles : upper parts of the body greenish 

 grey : breast and belly dirty yellowish white : the 

 middle tail-feathers greenish brown ; the side ones 

 much darker : tail slightly wedged : legs yellow. 

 Inhabits China. 



