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head and lower parts of the body grey : from the 

 gape to the hind head a white stripe : the upper 

 parts of the body dull green: beak and feet 

 brown. 



PIGEON THRUSH. 

 (Turdus columbinus.) 



Tu. viridis iiitens, corpore toto rersicolorc. 



Shining green Thrush, with the whole body changeable. 



Turdus columbinus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 836. Lath. Ind. Om. 



1. 348. 70. 



Le Merle des columbiers. Buff. Hist. Nat. CHs. 3. 381. 

 Pigeon Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 64. 77. 



THIS receives its name from the circumstance 

 of its building in pigeon-houses : it is nearly the 

 size of the Song Thrush, but varies in that respect : 

 the entire plumage is green, with various reflections 

 according to the light : some birds have the rump 

 and vent whitish : it inhabits the Philippine Isles. 



