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WHIDAH THRUSH. 

 (Turdus leucogaster.) 



Tu. violaceus, abdotnine alba, remigibus nigricantibus. 

 Violet Thrush, with the abdomen white, and the quills dusky. 

 Turdus leucogaster. Gmel. Syst. Nat. l. 81Q. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 348. 71. 

 Merle violet a ventre blanc de Juida. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 



402. Buff. PI. Enl. 648. f. 1. 

 Whidah Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 58. 64. 



THIS species is less than a Lark, being only six 

 inches and a half in length : the beak is cinereous : 

 the prevailing colour of the plumage is violet, the 

 belly, which is white, excepted : the quills are 

 dusky : the legs are cinereous. Inhabits Whidah. 



WHITE-HEADED THRUSH. 

 (Turdus leucocephalus.) 



Tu. cinereo-griseus, capite collogue albis, alis caudague viridi- 



cuprds remigibus nigris, macula alarum alba. 

 Ash-coloured grey Thrush, with the head and neck white; 



wings and tail coppery green ; quills black ; and spot on the 



wings white. 

 Turdus leucocephalus. Gtnel. Syst. Nat. 1. 82p. Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 1. 348. 73. 



Le Merle dominiquain de la Chine. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. ipj. 

 White-headed Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 1. 348. 73. 



