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SHINING THRUSH. 

 (Turdus nitens.) 



Tu. viridis, macula tectricum alarum violacea nitida. 



Green Thrush, with a shining violet spot on the wing-coverts. 



Turdus nitens. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 2p4. 13. Gmel. Syst. Naf. 



1. 818. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 346. 66. 

 Merula viridis angolensis. Briss. 2. 311. 53. t. 30.^ 2. 

 Shining Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 56. 60. 



THIS elegant bird is a native of the southern 

 parts of Africa : it is in length nine inches : its 

 beak is black : the plumage is entirely of a bril- 

 liant glossy green colour, some of the lesser wing- 

 coverts excepted, which are of a bright steel blue, 

 forming a spot of that colour on the front of the 

 wing : legs black. 



SPLENDENT THRUSH. 



(Turdus splendens.) 



Tu. violaceO'Splendens, dorso alisque olivaceo-nitentibus his ma~ 

 culis atris. 



Shining violet Thrush, with the back and wings shining olive- 

 green ; the latter with pure black spots. 



Turdus splendens. Leach. Zool. Misc. 2. 30. pi. Ixxi. 



Turdus nitens. /3. Lath. Ind. Orn. l. 347. 66. 



