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6 —RUFOUS-TAILED THRUSH. 



Turdus ruficaudus, Ind. Orn. i. 333. Gm. Lin. i. 816. 

 Rufous-tailed Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 30. Shaw's Zool. x. 300. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill black, tip curved ; upper parts of 

 the bird olive brown, beneath pale purplish white ; quills and tail 

 dusky ; all but the two middle feathers rufous for two-thirds of their 

 length ; the upper tail coverts are also rufous ; legs black. 



From the Cape of Good Hope. — Sir Joseph Banks. 



7— DARK THRUSH. 



Turdus obscurus, Ind. Orn.\. 333. Gm. Lin. i. 816. 

 Dark Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 31. Shaw's Zool. x. 203. 



PLUMAGE in general brown ; the breast inclined to black ; 

 over the eye a streak of white ; chin and vent white. 



Inhabits Siberia; found in the woods beyond Lake Baikal. Its 

 note is not unlike the cry of a Kestril. 



8.— RED-NECKED THRUSH. 



Turdus ruficollis, Ind. Orn.i. 333. Gm.Lin.i.. 815. Pall, reise, iii. 694. 

 Red-necked Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 31. Shaw's Zool. x. 278. 



THE upper parts of the body, and two middle tail feathers in 

 this bird, are brown ; the rest of the tail and neck rufous ; breast and 

 belly white. 



Inhabits the larch forests, beyond the Lake Baikal. 



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