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SURAT THRUSH. 

 (Turdus suratensis.) 



Tu. capite cristato collogue nigris, subtus griseus, dorso uropygio~ 



quejlavescentibus, cdis viridibus nitentibus, remigibus primoribus 



caudaque nigris. 

 Thrush with a crest on the head, and the neck black, beneath 



grey, with the back and rump yellowish ; wings shining with 



green ; the primary quills and tail black. 

 Turdus suratensis. Gmel. Syst. Nal. i. 814. LaM. Ind. Orn. 



1. 338. 40. 



Le Merle huppe" de Surate. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. 1Q4. 

 Surat Thrush. Lath. Gen. St/n. 3. 38. 38. 



TURDUS suratensis is in length eight inches : its 

 beak is rufous : irides red : the head and neck 

 are black, with the feathers similar to those of the 

 Pagoda Thrush, being very long and narrow, and 

 forming a sort of crest : the back and rump are 

 yellowish : wing-coverts and secondaries dark 

 changeable green ; the two of the latter nearest 

 the body dirty grey : quills black : the breast, 

 belly, and under tail-coverts, dirty grey : tail black : 

 legs black. Inhabits Surat. 



