56 TavHy Rol U4! Sy, H: 
60. Turdus nitens, Zia. Syf.i. p. 294. N° 13. 
SHINING THR. Le Merle verd d’Angola, Brif. orn. ii. p. 311. N°53. pl. 30. f. 2 
DECREE E ION: I ZE of a Blackbird: length nine inches. Bill black: the 
plumage is wholly of a glofly fine green colour, except fome 
of the lefler wing coverts, which are of a bright fteel-blue, form- 
ing a {pot on the fore part of the wing of this laft colour: legs 
black. ; 
PLACEs Inhabits Angola and the Cape of Good Hope *. 
és Le Merle vert d’Angola, Buf. oi/. ili. p. 3720—PJ. enl. 561. 
Var.A. Br. Muf. Lev. Muy. 
DrscriFrioN. I ZE of the laft. The upper parts of the head, neck, body, 
and tail, are of a gloffy olive-green: the rump blue: on the 
wings are here and there fome dark fpots, and the back has a 
tinge of blue in fome lights: throat blue: fore part of the neck 
blue green: breaft, belly, thighs, and feathers covering the ears, 
violet: vent olive yellow: legs black. 
Prac Found in the fame place as the laft. Suppofed to be a variety 
only. 
* One from this laft place is in the collection of Sir F. Banks. 
