80 THRUSH. 



The young have the yellow tail from the nest, but do not acquire 

 the black head, or the orange eyelids, till after the second moult : 

 the young Brunoir resembles the Brunet, and feeds on insects and 

 berries. 



72— BLACK-TOPPED THRUSH. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill three quarters of an inch, stout, 

 black, with a slight notch at the tip ; the feathers of the crown black, 

 somewhat elongated; upper part of the body, wings, and tail brown, 

 extending round the neck and the breast ; beyond this the body is 

 brownish white ; under tail coverts full yellow ; tail three inches and 

 a half ; rather rounded at the end; the first quill not half the length 

 of the next, the fourth the longest ; the wings reach rather beyond 

 the base of the tail ; legs black, stout. 



In the collection of Mr. Salt, and seems somewhat allied to the 

 Brunet Species. 



73 —HOODED THRUSH. 



LENGTH eight inches ; weight one ounce one drachm. Bill 

 black, three quarters of an inch long. Head in general, sides, chin, 

 and throat, black, giving the appearance of a hood ; feathers of the 

 crown elongated, and forming a pointed crest, the points of the 

 feathers bending forwards; on each jaw a white patch, bounded 

 below with a triangular one of pale ash ; neck behind, back, and 

 wings pale brown ; rump much paler; breast and belly white ; lower 

 belly, vent, and under tail coverts fine yellow ; tail much rounded at 

 the end, dusky black, the feathers tipped with white ; legs short, 

 pale blue. 



Inhabits India. — General Hardwicke. Found at Pnttah, and 

 about Rohilcund. Goes by the name of Bulbul. This and the two 

 last seem to agree in many points. 



