286 BLACK-CHINNED THRUSH. 



andbreast the same, edged with white, which colour 

 is clouded with dusky on the breast : the upper parts 

 of the body, quills, and tail, are testaceous red : 

 the wing-coverts are black ; the lesser ones tipped 

 with white, and the middle and greater ones with 

 rufous : the belly, thighs, and vent, pale cinna- 

 mon-colour. Native of Cayenne. 



BLACK-CHINNED THRUSH. 

 (Turdus cochinsinensis. ) 



Tu. viridis, loris gulaque nigris, sub gula lunula lata jlava, ad 



basin rostri utrinque macula ccerulea. 

 Green Thrush, with the lores and throat black; beneath the 



latter a broad yellow crescent ; and at the base of the beak. 



on each side, a blue spot. 

 Turdus cochinsinensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 825. Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 1.357- H3. 

 Le Verdier de la Cochinchine. Bujf. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 409- 



Buff. PI. Enl. 643. f. 3. 

 Black-chinned Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 79. 106. 



THE prevailing colour of this species is green ; 

 towards the tail and outer edges of the quills blue: 

 the space between the beak and eyes, the chin, 

 and throat, black ; that colour on the latter edged 

 with yellow, which forms a crescent on the breast : 

 sides of the head, near the base of the beak, with 

 two blue spots: beak and legs dusky. Inhabits 

 Cochin China. 



