Tas, LXXT.. _TURDUS SPLENDENS. 
T. violaceo- splendens; domo alisque olivaceo-nitentibus his 
- maculis atris. »? 
Turdus nitens 6, “Lath. Ind. Oxn. 15349, 60. 
Le Merle vert d’ Angola. _. Big. planc. Enlum. 561. 
Habitat in Angola, et’ ad’ caput Bonz spei. 
SPLENDENT THRUSH. 
Shining violet; back and wings shining olive-green, the 
Jatter with pure black spots. 
English ornithologists generally admit this to be a dis- 
tinct species from the shining thrush, (éurdus nitens). It 
inhabits Angola and the Cape of Good-Hope ; is less com- | 
mon than the shining thrush, and is represented in the 
annexed plate about one half of the natural size. 
