202 BLUE THRUSH. 



bars of brown edged with white on the chest and ab- 

 domen; beak and tarsi black. 



The adult female has the whole upper parts bluish 

 brown, with the feathers bordered with ash-colour. 

 Wings and tail blackish brown, each feather edged 

 with bluish ash; on the crop and neck large reddish 

 spots; the other under parts streaked and variegated 

 with a bluish tint, ash-colour, or brown. 



The young have the upper and under parts of the 

 body of an ashy brown, sprinkled with small whitish 

 spots; the back and neck tinted with a bluish hue; 

 wings and tail blackish brown. 



After the first moult and when a year old, according 

 to Degland, the males have a plumage of a less vivid 

 blue, with black and bluish narrow crescents placed 

 irregularly on the inferior parts of the body; sometimes 

 also some are found on the upper parts, but they are 

 less apparent, and have a reddish tint. 



Figured by BufTon, PI. enl., 250, as Merle solitaire 

 femelle d'ltalie, and as Solitaire de Manille, PI. enl., 

 564, f. 2, and as Le Merle Bleu, p. 355, t. 24; 

 Edwards, pi. 18; Temminck and Laugier, Atlas; 

 Vieilott, Faun. France, pi. 70 and 71; Roux, Ornith, 

 Prov., pi. 173 and 174, (male and female;) Gould, B. 

 of E.; Bouteille, Ornith. du Dauph., pi. 21. 



