ae, RES) Sst Ee 
gregates with Starlings: makes a neft of twigs and fibres, mixing it 
with mud, and lining it with hair; the eggs are three in number, of 
a blueifh white: the fichh j 1s not good eating, being black. 
Turdus Zeylonus, Ind. Orn. i. p. 349. 80.—Spalouse. Vog. tab. 5 
Le Bacbakiri, Lewvail/, Oif il. p. 65. pl. 67. f..1. 2. 
Ceylon Thrufh, Gez. Syx. iit. 62. 73. 
R. Levaillant confirms what has been before mentioned in ‘the 
Gen. Synopfis, that this fpecies is not uncommon at the Cape of 
Good Hope, and that it there goes by the name of Bachakiri, and 
adds, that in fome of the cantons it is called Fentje-bibi, and Couvit= 
Couit, from fome of its notes imitating thofe words ; it ‘is alfo called 
by others Geéle Canari-byter, or Yellow Canary-eater ; that it is not only 
commonly feen at large, but frequently comes into the gardens at 
the Cape. 
We learn that both male and female have the black -crefcent on the 
breaft, but in the female, the crefcent and the reft of the colours 
of the plumage are lefs vivid; alfo that the young birds of both fexes 
do.not obtain it till of mature age, in which cafe we can eafily fup- 
pofe our Orange-headed Thrufo may prove to be a young bird of 
this rather than a diftinét {pecies. 
The male and female are for the moft part obferved together, and 
make the neft among the thick bufhes, and the hen lays four or five 
eggs, which both fexes fic upon by turns, and the young continue 
in fociety with the parents till the {pring following. 
Turdus bicolor, Izd, Oru. i. p. 350. 84. 
Turdus bicolor, Stourne Spreo, Daud. Ora. ii. p. 311.—Levaill. Oi. pl. 88. 
White-rumped Thrufh, Gen. Syz. iii. p. 64. 75.—Yhunb. Trav. ii. p. 48. 
AR. Thunberg obferves, that this bird is known at the Cape of 
Good Hope, by the name of Sprevw, and that it very frequently 
accompanies the larger cattle and fheep, ‘ mornings and evenings, 
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