SONGSTER THRUSH. 25? 



Turdus raauritianus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 822. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 349. 75. 

 Le Merle vert de 1'isle de France. Buff". Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 



3S8- Buff". PI. Enl. 64S.f. 1. 

 Mauritius Thrusb v Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 69. 88. 



IT is in length seven inches : the beak is cine- 

 reous : the feathers of the head and neck long and 

 narrow: the legs lead-coloured : all the rest of the 

 body of a deep green blue. Found in the Isle of 

 France. 



SONGSTER THRUSH. 

 (Turdus Cantor.) 



Tu. virescente-ater cceruleo violaceoqne nitens remigibus cauduque 

 nigris. 



O 



Greenish-black Thrush, with a blue and violet tinge; the quills 



and tail black. 

 Turdus Cantor. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. S3?. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



348. 74. 



Le petit Merle de 1'isle de Panay. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 115. t. 73. 

 Songster Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 59. 67- 



THIS species is noted for its agreeable song : it 

 often builds in pigeon-houses; and is seen by thou- 

 sands together in the Philippine Isles : its irides are 

 red: head, neck, back, and wing-coverts, greenish 

 black, with a tinge of blue and violet: feathers of 

 the head and neck long and narrow, as in many 

 others of the genus : quills and tail black. 



v. x. p. i. 17 



