THRUSH. 57 



Inhabits the high grounds of Abyssinia ; chiefly seen in pairs, 

 and known by the name of Warre : very common at Dixan, and in 

 every part, where the Kolquall is found, it sits on the top of this 

 tree, and feeds on its flowers, or some insect peculiar to the tree. 



I found also, in the collection of the late General Davies, one 

 ten inches long, very fine glossy bluish green ; chin and throat 

 tinged with purple ; several of the wing coverts tipped with a black 

 spot, forming two series ; four or five of the lower scapulars deep 

 purple, edged with glossy green ; under wing coverts and belly 

 purple ; vent green ; thighs purple ; quills black, with glossy green 

 edges ; bill and legs dusky. 



40— GLOSSY THRUSH. 



Turdus aeneus, Ind. Orn. i. 307. Gm. Lin. i. 318. 



Sturnus aeneus, Daud. ii. 310. 



Corvus aureo-viridis, Golden green Crow, Shaw's Zool. vii. 376. t. 46. 



Merula viridis longic. Senegal. Bris. ii. 313. t. 31. 1. Id. 8vo. i. 245. 



Merle a longue Queue du Senegal, Buf. iii. 369. PL enl. 220. 



Le vert dore, Levail. Afr. ii. 146. pi. 87. 



Le Merle cuivre d'Afrique, Salem. Orn. 182. 



Stourne, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. lvi. 



Glossy Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 57. Shaw's Zool. x. 247. 



IN bulk this is somewhat less than a Magpie ; length twenty 

 inches, of which the tail measures more than two-thirds. Bill one 

 inch long, black, with a slight notch at the end, but the nostrils 

 only partially covered with bristles ; general colour of the plumage 

 fine, glossy, steel blue, varying to green in different lights ; but 

 about the head, as far as the eyes, in certain views seems black, 

 glossed with copper ; on each of the wing coverts a dusky, black 



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