BLUE THRUSH. 



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INSECTIVOR^. 



Family TUBDIDJE. 



Genus Petrocincla. ( Sykes.J 



Generic Characters. — Beak elongated and sub-cylindrical, the edges of 

 inferior mandible notched towards the point, to correspond with the curve 

 of the upper mandible. Nostrils basal, lateral, ovoid, and partly closed by 

 a membrane; tarsi of medium length; wings passing the middle of the 

 tail; first quill feather very short, the third the longest, the second a little 

 shorter than the third. Tail feathers equal at the end. 



BLUE THRUSH. 



Petrocincla cyanea. 



Petrocincla cyanea, 

 " cyana, 



Turdus cyaneiis, 



" solitarius, (female,) and 

 Manillensis, f young, J 

 Merula cczrulea, 

 Petrocossyphus cyaneus, 



Merle de Roche bleu, 

 Blaue Steindrossel, 

 Passera solitaria. 



Gould. Degland. Naumann. 

 Keyserling and Blasius. 

 LiNN^us. Gmelin. Latham. 

 Meyer and Wolff. Temminck, 



ViEILLOT. ScHINZ. ScHLEGEL. 



Latham; Index, p. 345. 



Brisson. 



Boie. Bonaparte. Loche; Cat. 



des Oiseaux Observes en Algeria. 

 Gray; H. L., No. 3805. 

 Of the French. 

 Of the Germans. 

 Of the Italians. 



Specific Characters. — The two middle feathers of the tail longer than the 

 rest. Ground of the plumage blue or bluish. Length eight inches and a 

 half. 



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