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each side of the head is a stripe of black, which en- 

 circles the eye, and forms a patch on the ears : the 

 whole of the under plumage is clear ferruginous yel- 

 low, or light buff colour : the rump and lateral tail- 

 feathers the same, the middle pair being entirely 

 black ; the next pair has likewise a narrow margin 

 of the same colour : quills and wing-coverts dusky- 

 brown, with pale cinereous margins : tail rounded : 

 legs pale : irides hazel : beak rather small and black, 

 compressed its whole length, and having weak bristles 

 at its base. 



The male sings melodiously morning and evening, 

 while the female is sitting : they both delight in 

 damp places where worms abound. 



Sp. 1 1 . Tu. clamosus. 



Tu. obscure olivaceo-viridis subtus pallidiore, remigibusjlavo mar- 

 ginatis. 



Dull olive-green Thrush, paler beneath, with the quills edged 

 with yellow. 



LTmportune. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. iii. pi. \Q6.Jl 2. — Impor- 

 tunate Thrush. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. v. 104. 



Inhabits the eastern coast of Africa. Length 

 seven inches : beak and legs horn-colour : plumage 

 dull olive-green, paler beneath : quills edged with yel- 

 lowish : eyes deep brown : the wings reach one-fourth 

 on the tail. The female differs in being rather less. 



Frequents the tops of trees, continually repeating 

 its cry of Pit-pit : lays four or five eggs spotted with 

 pale olive. 



Sp. 12. Tu. erythropterus. Steph. v. x. p. 280.— Senegal. 

 Sp. 13. Tu. leucogaster. Steph. v. x. p. 258. — Africa. 

 Sp. 14. Tu. chrysogaster. Steph. v. x. p. 254. — Senegal. 



