252 YELLOW-FRONTED THRUSH. 



band : the thighs are white on the inside, and 

 deep blue without. 



YELLOW-FRONTED THRUSH. 

 (Turdus Malabaricus.) 



Tu. viridis nitens, fronte Jlava, gutture nigro, maxilla inferiore 

 striga carulea, tectricibus alarum casrulescentibus. 



Shining-green Thrush, with a yellow forehead, black throat, a 

 blue stripe beneath the under mandible, and blueish wing- 

 coverts. 



Turdus malabaricus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 837. Lath. Lid. Orn. 



l. 349- 77- 

 Le petit Merle de la cote de Malabar. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. 



192. 

 Yellow-fronted Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 60. 69. 



THE beak of this bird is black : irides yellow : 

 the prevailing colour of the plumage is of a fine 

 glossy green : the wing-coverts are of a change- 

 able light blue : the forehead yellow : the throat 

 black : at the lower mandible of the beak is a 

 streak of ultramarine : legs black : female smaller : 

 the general colour of her plumage green, inclining 

 to yellow on the belly : the throat light blue. In- 

 habits the Malabar coast. 



