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tail, green, with an orange reflection, according 

 to the position with respect to the light : the 

 under parts, from the throat to the vent, bright 

 orange : a few of the quills with the outer webs 

 white : the legs brown : it varies in having the 

 margins of the feathers deep blue, on the upper 

 parts of the body : the female Ceylon Thrush of 

 Latham is referable to this, from which it only 

 differs in having the throat grey, the breast and 

 belly greenish yellow, and the upper parts of the 

 body with more orange in them. It is a native of 

 Senegal, 



YELLOW THRUSH. 







(Turdus flavus.) 



Tu. fulvus, orbitis albis, fascia sub ocidari nigra. 



Fulvous Thrush, with the orbits white, and a black stripe be- 

 neath the eyes. 



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

 35O. 82. 



Merle jaune de la Chine. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. 193. 



Yellow Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 63. J4. 



AT first sight this species looks like the Golden 

 Oriole, but from which it differs in many respects 

 when examined : it is the size of that bird: its beak 

 is red : irides grey : the prevailing colour of the 

 plumage deep yellow, palest beneath : all the fea- 

 thers have their shafts white, with which colour 



