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DOMINICAN THRUSH. 

 (Turdus Dominicanus.) 



viola ceo-chalybeo variegatus, capite corporeque sub- 



tusjuscescente-albis. 

 Brown Thrush, variegated with shining violet, with the head 



and body beneath brownish white, 

 Turdus dominicanus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 836. Lath. Ind. 



Orn. ]. 348. 72. 

 Merle dominiquain des Philippines. Biiff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 



3QG.Buff. PL Enl. G2J. f. 2. 

 Dominican Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 58. 65. 



DISCOVP:RED by M. Sonnerat in the Philippine 

 Islands : it is in length six inches : beak pale 

 brown : upper parts of the plumage brown, varied 

 with bright violet colour : the head and all the 

 under parts of the body are brownish white : the 

 base of the tail with a polished steel gloss ; the 

 tip greenish : legs pale brown : wings very long. 



GINGI THRUSH, 

 (Turdus ginginianus.) 



Tu. griseuS) capite nigro cristato, alls virescenti-nigris, remigi- 



bus primoribus basi caudaque apice rttfis, supra oculos fascia 



nudajlava. 

 Grey Thrush, with a black crested head; wings greenish 



black ; the primary quills at the base and the tip of the tail 



rufous ; above the eyes a naked yellow band. 





