BOURBON THRUSH. 301 



Turdus ruficaudus. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 816. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 333. 22. 

 Rufous-tailed Thrush. I^th. Gen. Syn. 3. 30. 22. 



NATIVE of the Cape of Good Hope : length 

 seven inches : beak black : upper parts of the 

 body olive brown : quills dusky: lower parts pale 

 purplish white: upper tail-coverts rufous : tail like 

 the wings, with all but the two middle feathers 

 rufous for two-thirds of their length : legs black. 



BOURBON THRUSH. 

 (Turdus Borbonicus.) 



Tu. cinereo-olivaceus, subtus Jlavicans, vertice nigro, rectricibus 



.fuscisyfasciis duabus saturatioribus. 

 Cinereous-olive Thrush, beneath yellowish; crown of the head 



black ; tail-feathers brown, with two darker bars. 

 Turdus borbonicus. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 821. Lath. Ind. Om. 



1. 355. 102. 



Merula borbonica. Briss. 2. 2^3. 42. t. 24* f. 3. 

 Merle de 1'isle de Bourbon. Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 395. 

 Bourbon Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 73. 95. 



SIZE of a Lark : length about eight inches : 

 beak and legs yellowish : crown black : sides of 

 the head, neck, breast, upper parts of the body, 

 and lesser wing-coverts, greyish olive: greater 

 wing-coverts brown, varied with pale rufous : 

 quills brown, the lateral ones with reddish mar- 

 gins : sides of the belly and body, with the vent, 



