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PLACE: 
64. 
WHIDAH THR. 
DeEseRIrTION. 
PLACE; 
65; 
DOMINICAN 
THR. 
DESCRIPTION. 
PLacE. 
WR dy RE Osa lh EA. 
changeable violet-blue, which has the luftre of polifhed metal: 
on the wing coverts are two feathers which have a white band = 
the thighs are white on the infide, and deep blue without: legs 
black. 
Inhabits China. 
Le Merle violet 4 ventre blanc de Juida, Buf. oif, ili. p. 402.—P/. eal. 648. f. 18 
S IZ E of a Lark, or rather lefs: the length fix inches and a: 
LS ‘ : . . . 
half. Bill afi-colour: the plumage in general is violet, ex-- 
cepting the belly, which is white: the legs are afh-coloured : the 
quills are blackifh. The wings,.when clofed, reach three-fourths. 
of the length of the tail. 
Inhabits the kingdom of Whidabh, in Africas 
Le Merle Dominiquain des Philippines, Buf. oi/. ili. p. 395.—P/. enl. 627; 
f. 2. 
EN GT H fix inches. Bill pale brown: the upper parts of 
the body are brown, marked here and there with-a mixture 
of violet, or polifhed fteel-colour :- the bafe of the tail of this laft 
colour, but towards the end greenifh: the head, and all the under 
parts of the body, are very light, or brownifh white: the legs 
pale brown: the wings are remarkably long in this bird, reaching, 
when clofed, nearly to the end of the tail. 
This was brought from the Philippine [fles by M. Sonnerat. 
