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MINDANAO THRUSH. 

 (Turdus mindanensis.) 



Tu. c&ruleo-chalybeus, corpore subtus strigaque longitudinali 



alarum albis. 

 Steel-blue Thrush, with the body beneath, and longitudinal 



stripe on the wings, white. 

 Turdus mindanensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 823. Lath. Ind. 



Orn. I. 353, 05. 

 Le Merle de Mindanao. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 387. Bujf. 



PL Enl. 627. f. 1. 

 Mindanao Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 69. 87. 



THE Mindanao Thrush was discovered by Son- 

 nerat : its length is seven inches : its beak is lead- 

 coloured : upper parts of the body, with the head, 

 neck, and tail, polished steel blue : near the edge 

 of the wing is a longitudinal white stripe j the 

 greater coverts, part of the secondary quills, the 

 breast, and under parts of the body, white : tail 

 slightly wedged : legs brown : some specimens 

 have the tips of the quills varied with changeable 

 green. 



LABRADOR THRUSH. 

 (Turdus Labradorus.) 



Tu. atro-nitens ccsruleo viridigue varians, rostro pedibusque 



nigris. 

 Glossy black, varying with blue and green, with the beak and 



feet black. 



