254 ORANGE-BELLIED THRUSH. 



of Latham appears to be the young of this bird, 

 from which it only differs in wanting the black 

 crescent, and in having a few whitish spots on the 

 wing-coverts. 



Inhabits Ceylon and the Cape of Good Hope, 

 where it is known by the name of Bacbakiri, 

 Couit-couit, and Jentje-bibj, from some of its notes 

 resembling those words : it is often found in the 

 gardens : the sexes are generally observed toge- 

 ther : they make their nest among thick bushes : 

 their eggs are four or five in number; and the 

 male assists his partner during incubation : the 

 young remain with their parents till the following 

 spring. 



ORANGE-BELLIED THRUSH. 

 (Turdus chrysogaster.) 



Tu. viridisfulvo-splendens, subtusfulvus nitidus, remigibus qui- 



busdam extus albis. 

 Green Thrush, shining with fulvous, beneath bright f ulvous ; 



many of the quills bordered with white. 

 Turdus chrysogaster. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 835. Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 1. 350. 81. 

 Merle ventre orange du Senegal. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 



377. Buff. PL Enl. 3*8. 

 L'Oranbleu. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 377. var. 

 Merle du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Buff. PI. Enl. 221. var. 

 Ceylon Thrush, female. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 62. 72. ? 

 Orange-bellied Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 63. 73. 



IN length eight inches : beak brown : the head, 

 chin, throat, upper parts of the body, wings, and 



