76 THRUSH. 



Inhabits Senegal. — In the one referred to in Levaillant, the irides 

 are said to be hazel; plumage above, wings, and tail dull brown; 

 throat white ; fore part of the neck and breast the same, with a 

 brownish tinge ; sides, belly, and thighs, pale brown ; tail very little 

 rounded at the end. 



The female is smaller, and the colours more dilute. 



These last inhabit the interior of the Cape of Good Hope, com- 

 mon in the Forest of Hottniqua ; are continually chattering among 

 the bushes, especially at the lower parts of them, near the ground ; 

 feed on worms, &c. which harbour under the dead leaves; the nest 

 made about two feet from the ground, among the thickest foliage, 

 composed of moss, lined with fibres, the eggs four or five in number, 

 and pale brown : the whole brood keeps together for some time, 

 otherwise this species is not seen in flocks. In the PI. enlam. the 

 tail is longer than it should be, and even at the end, but in fact it is 

 rounded. — One in Mr. Bullock's Museum is one inch longer, and 

 with a rounded tail. It differs, in having the feathers of the throat 

 and neck fringed with dusky white. 



68.— MADAGASCAR THRUSH. 



Turdus Madagascariensis, Ind. Orn. i. 352. Gmel. Lin. i. S23. 

 Merula Madagascariensis, Bris. ii. 274. pi. 25. 1. Id. Svo. i. 234. 

 Le Tanaombe, Buf. iii. 3S6. PL ml. 557. 1. 

 Madagascar Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 68. Shaw's Zool. x. 260. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill black, base bristly ; head, neck, 

 back, and scapulars brown ; rump greenish brown ; breast and sides 

 rufous brown ; belly, thighs, and vent white ; quills blackish ; from 

 the second to the sixth, part white, part violet on the outer webs; the 

 secondaries black, mixed with violet and green, and some of the 

 inner ones glossed with a gilded rufous colour ; the two middle tail 

 feathers are green gold, the others dusky, margined outwardly with 



