60 
68. 
BLACK- 
NECKED THR. 
DeEscRIPTION. 
PLAce. 
69: 
YELLOW-. 
FRONTED 
THR.. 
DeEscRIPTION. 
FEMALE. 
PLACE. 
TAH Re Ue Sarb.: 
ENGTH nine inches. Bill dufky: irides browm:: head,. 
chin, and nape, white: at the bafe of the bill begins a yel- 
lowifh ftreak, which paffes beneath, and takes in the eye, but 
does not appear above it: the neck is black: the upper part of 
the back and fcapulars ferruginous brown; the lower of a dufky 
black, inclining to ferruginous on the rump: under parts of the: 
body brown, except the breaft and thighs, which are yellowifh :- 
all the quills are black, but the fecondaries have white tips: 
tail cuneiform; of a deep lead-colour, almoft black : legs: 
dufky. 
This appears to be a very beautiful bird, and is fuppofed to in-- 
habit China. The defcription taken from a fine drawing, in-the- 
polfeffion of Captain Broadley.. 
Le petit Merle de la Céte de. Malabar, Son. Voy. Ind. vol. ii. p. 192:- 
IZE of the Houfe Sparrow, but more elongated. The bill’ 
is.black: irides yellow: general colour of the plumage a fine- 
fhining green: the forehead yellow: throat black: at the lower. 
mandible is a ftreak of ultramarine blue: the wing coverts are of 
a:changeable light blue colour: legs black. 
The female is fmaller: the general colour is of a pleafing 
green, inclining to yellow on the belly: the throat pale fky- 
blue. 
Found on the coaft. of Malabar.. 
Le. 
