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GREEN THRUSH. 

 (Turdus virescens.) 



Tu. griseo-viridis, corpore subtus snpercilns maculaque subocu- 



lari albis, gula grisea albo macidata, pectorc lateribusque albis. 

 Grey-green Thrush, with the body beneath, supercilia, and spot 



under the eye, white ; the throat grey, spotted with white ; 



and the breast and sides of the body white. 

 Turdus viridis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 830. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



351. 87. 

 Green Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 65. 79- 



LENGTH seven inches : beak black, the tip 

 brown, and the lower mandible yellowish : super- 

 cilia white : head, neck, and upper parts of the 

 body, greyish green : quills part brown, part 

 grey : throat grey, spotted with white : cheeks 

 with a white spot : breast and sides pale rufous : 

 belly and vent white : thighs variegated with 

 cinereous and white : legs and claws yellowish. 

 Supposed to inhabit China : sings well. 



