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wings crossed with dusky lines ; tail cuneiform, four inches long, 

 the two middle feathers deep chestnut-brown, side ones black ; the 

 exterior one inch and three quarters long, white, except the base, 

 which is black, the next black from the base to near three-fourths 

 of the end, which is white ; the adjoining black with a white tip ; 

 legs long, stout, brown. 



Inhabits Africa. — In the collection of Mr. Bullock. 



58— RUSTY-VENTED THRUSH. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill three inches and a 

 quarter, black, with no hairs at the base ; plumage glossy blue- 

 black, except the lower belly and vent, which are pale ferruginous, 

 nearly white ; quills brown ; down the middle of the wing a large 

 patch of white ; the two middle tail feathers like the body, the 

 others brown on the margins ; legs stout, black. 



Inhabits India. — In the collection of Lady Clive. 



59.— SURINAGUR THRUSH. 



LENGTH more than twelve inches. Bill three quarters of an 

 inch long, a trifle bent, and not very stout, colour black ; plumage 

 in general pale brown above, dusky white beneath ; wings, tail, and 

 legs dusky black. 



Said to inhabit the Snowy Mountains of Surinagur; taken from 

 a drawing in the collection of Sir J. Anstruther, and which is near 

 seven inches in length, and said to be half the size of the original; 

 the weight one-fourth of a sare, equal to about half a pound of 

 averdupois ; and the bird of course is fourteen inches. 



I observe that the whole of the plumage, except the wings and 

 tail, seems sprinkled with minute dusky specks; its name, in the 

 Persic tongue, is Ghurghutch. 



