THRUSH. 



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43— PIGEON THRUSH. 



Turdus Columbinus, Ind. Om. i. 348. Gm. Lin. i. 836. 



Merle des Colonibieres, Buf. iii. 381. 



Stourne, Tern. Man. Ed.'n. Anal. p. lvi. 



Pigeon Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 64. Shaw's ZooJ. x. 245. 



SIZE of a Throstle. General colour green, very changeable in 

 different reflections of light ; some of these birds are less than others, 

 and have a white rump and vent ; but whether young, or different in 

 sex, is uncertain. 



Inhabit the Philippine Islands, where they are called Pigeon 

 Starlings, as they frequently, like the Starlings in Europe, build in 

 Pigeon houses. 



44.— WHIDAH THRUSH. 



Turdus leucogaster, Ind. Om. i 348. Gm. Lin. i. 819. 



Merle violet a ventre blanc de Juida, Buf. iii. 402. Pl.enl. 648. 1. 



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



Whidah Thrush, Gm. Lin. iii. 58. Shaiv's Zool. x. 258. 



SIZE of a Lark, or rather less ; length six inches and a half. 

 Bill ash-colour; the plumage in general is violet, excepting the 

 belly, which is white; legs ash-coloured; quills blackish; the wings, 

 when closed, reach three-fourths of the length of the tail. 



Inhabits the kingdom of Whidah, in Africa. 



One of these, lately in the Museum of Mr. Bullock, is of a colour 

 the most brilliant and variable that can be imagined, in some lights 

 shewing a vivid and glowing purple, in others deep blue-black ; and 

 again fine tawny ruby colour, the feathers appearing waved ; the 

 quills, and outer edge of the wing dusky. 



