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THRUSH. 



Young birds are of a dull, dark green, inclining to brown on the 

 wings. M. Daudin joins this to the Shining Thrush ; but by the 

 description, it seems to differ somewhat, though it must be confessed, 

 that it bears great resemblance. 



3D— SHINING THRUSH. 



Turdus nitens, Ind. Orn. i. 346. Lin. i. 294. Gm. Lin. i. S18. 



Sturnus nitens, Couigniop, Daud. ii. 313. 



Merula viridis Angolensis, Bris. ii. 311. t. 30. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 244. 



Stoume, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lvi. 



Shining Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 56. Shaw's Zool. x. 246. 



SIZE of a Blackbird ; length nine inches. Bill black ; plumage 

 wholly fine glossy green, except some of the lesser wing coverts, 

 which are bright steel blue, and form a spot of this colour on the 

 fore part of the wing ; legs black. 



Inhabits Angola, in Africa, and the Cape of Good Hope. 



A Le Merle vert d'Angola, Buf. iii. 372. PI. enl. 561. 



Turdus splendens, Zool. Misc. pi. 71. Shaiv's Zool. x. 246. 



Blue and green Daw, Edw. pi. 320. Gen. Syn. iii. 56. A. Id. Sup. 143. 



Size of the last ; upper parts of the head, neck, body, and tail 

 glossy olive-green ; rump blue ; on the wings, here and there, dark 

 spots, and in some lights a tinge of blue on the back ; throat blue; 

 fore part of the neck blue-green; breast, belly, thighs, and feathers 

 over the ears violet ; vent olive-yellow ; legs black. 



Found with the last, probably a mere Variety. 



Mr. Salt met with a similar Thrush in Abyssinia ; the general 

 colour of the plumage the most brilliant glossy blue imaginable, the 

 ends of the second wing coverts black ; bill and legs brown. 



