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WHITE-HUMPED THRUSH. 

 (Turdus bicolor.) 



Tu. viricli^ftisnis, ubdomine uropygioque albis. 

 Green-brown Thrush, with the abdomen and rump white. 

 Turdus bicolor. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 835. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



350. 84. Daud. Orn. 2. 311. 

 Le Merle brun du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Buff". Hist. Nat. 



Ois. 3. 3?8. 

 White-rumped Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 64. 75. Lath. Syn. 



Sup. II. 179. 8. Thunb. Trav. l.pl. 48. 

 Stourne Spreo. Le Vail. Ois. d'Afriq. 2. 88. 



THIS is in length ten inches : the prevailing 

 colour of its plumage is brown, with a beautiful 

 dull green reflection : the wings reach to about 

 the middle of the tail : the belly and rump are 

 white. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, where it is 

 known by the name of Spreuw : it is a shy bird : 

 it makes its nest in holes on the borders of rivers, 

 or in old ruined buildings and hollow trees : its 

 eggs are greenish, spotted with brown, and are 

 five or six in number: it feeds principally on in- 

 sects, but will do great damage to vineyards by 

 feeding on the ripe grapes, by which their flesh 

 becomes extremely delicate. 



