VIOLET THRUSH. 251 



Turclus labraclorus. Gmel. Sy.tt. Nat. 1. 832. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 342. 54. 

 Labrador Thrush. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 2O6.Lath. Gen. Syn. 



3. 46. 48. 



IT is in length eight inches and a half: its beak 

 is black : the prevailing colour of the plumage is 

 a glossy black, with a tinge of blue and green : 

 tail long : legs black : hind toes long : claws 

 stout. Inhabits Labrador. 



VIOLET THRUSH. 



(Turdus violaceus.) 



Tu. -Aolaceo-nitens, pennis capltis colll pectoris tectricibusque 



alarum c&ruleo-chalybeis, macula al.irnm femoribusque intus 



albus. 

 Shining violet Thrush, with the feathers of the head, neck, breast, 



and wing-coverts, steel blue ; spot on the wings, and thighs 



internally white. 

 Turdus violaceus. Gmd. Syst. Nat. 1. 829. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



l. 34/. 69- 



Le Merle bleu de la Chine. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. 188. f. 108. 

 Violet Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 5~. 63. 



THIS inhabits China : it is the size of the Gilded 

 Thrush : its beak and legs are black : irides red : 

 the entire plumage is of a changeable violet blue : 

 the feathers of the head, neck, breast, and wing- 

 coverts, have at the end a changeable violet blue 

 band, which has the lustre of polished metal : on 

 the wing-coverts are two feathers with a white 



