THR OS 15 
N° ror. Palm Thr. N° 112. White-backed Thr. 
Var. A. 113. Black-crefted Thr. 
102. Nun Thr. 114. Chiming Thr. 
103. Ethiopian Thr. 115. Black-winged Thr. 
104. Abyffinian Thr. 116. White-eared Thr. 
105. Yellow-breafted Thr. 117. Rufous-naped Thr. 
106. Black-chinned Thr. Var. A. 
107. Black-breafted Thr. 118. Alarum Thr. 
108. Rufous Thr. 11g. Speckled Thr. 
109. Mufician Thr. 120. Ant Thr. 
110. Barred-tail Thr. 121. Blue-tailed Thr. 
111. Buff-winged Thr. 122. King Thr. 
HE general characters of the True genus are the fol- 
lowing : 
Bill ftraitifh, bending towards the point, and flightly notched 
near the end of the upper mandible. 
Noftrils oval, and for the moft part naked *. 
Tongue flightly jagged at the end. 
The corners of the mouth furnifhed with a few flender hairs. 
The middle toe conneéted to the outer as far as the firft 
joint. 
* In feveral from the South Seas the noftrils are in part covered with a mem= 
branous flap. 
Turdus 
