58 THRUSH. 



spot near the end ; quills black, the third the longest ; the wings 

 reach four inches on the tail, which is cuneiform in a great degree, 

 the two middle feathers being fourteen inches long, and the outmost 

 only four; all the feathers rounded at the ends; the under parts are 

 less vivid than the upper, but the belly and thighs appear in some 

 lights a most splendid bright copper bronze. 



Inhabits Senegal. — I found a most beautiful and perfect speci- 

 men in the collection of Mr. Lead beater. The bill seems very 

 similar to that of the Crow, but is certainly less stout than in 

 that Genus. — M. Levaillant's bird was the size of a Jackdaw ; and 

 he says, that the tail is fifteen inches long, the two feathers next the 

 middle ones four inches shorter, the next two inches shorter than 

 these ; and so on to the outer, which measure only five inches ; the 

 whole number twelve : the wings reach four inches beyond the rump. 



The female is less, the tail shorter, and colours less vivid. 



These inhabit Senegal, and other parts of Africa, in great troops, 

 but it is not certain where they breed ; they stay in Senegal about 

 two or three months, and in some years none are seen ; it is thought, 

 as they do not rest long in a place, that they may be on their 

 passage to some other part, and those seen daily may be new birds, 

 the others passing on. They frequent the berry-bearing trees, and 

 also feed on insects, and worms; they run with the tail lifted up, 

 like a magpie, hopping in like manner, and continually cry, and 

 chatter when perched ; are wild birds, and not easily approached. 

 In one of these, supposed a female, some of the inner wing coverts, 

 and scapulars, appear to have a spot near the end, but on a nearer 

 view, the feather is uniform. This bird was only thirteen inches in 

 length. 



