82 THRUSH. 



ill the time of the greater heats, but the nest never has been met 

 with ; also found in India. Both sexes are in General Hardvvicke's 

 drawings : in one said to be the male, the head is considerably 

 crested ; head, sides beyond the eyes, chin, and throat to the breast 

 black ; plumage in general brown, the edges of the feathers paler, 

 also the under parts ; quills brown ; tail rounded, dusky black, all 

 the feathers with pale whitish tips ; bill and legs black ; vent fine 

 red ; rump pale ; the two sexes differ ; the female being paler, the 

 crest less elevated, and the feathers shorter. 



The Cape Thrush is called Bulbul by the Bengalese. Many 

 birds go by this name, but this is the proper Bulbul, and is very 

 common at Calcutta; is called in Tamul, Kserikour ina ; in the 

 Telinga, Teglipetta : builds in thickets, and usually many in the 

 same place ; lives on fruits ; is remarkably quarrelsome, and on that 

 account used for fighting. The natives keep them without food for 

 two or three days before this. The Jocose Shrike is also called 

 Bulbul, which means Nightingale; but neither have any song, 

 scarcely more than a chirp. 



75— GOLD-VENTED THRUSH. 



Le Cudor, Levail. Afr. iii. 46. pi. 107. 2. 



THIS has the crown, cheeks, and throat black, but the feathers 

 not long enough to form a crest ; upper parts of the body grey 

 brown ; wings deeper ; under parts from the chin, and upper tail 

 coverts dusky white; under tail coverts gold, or marigold-colour; 

 bill black ; eyes and legs brown. 



This was shot on the borders of the Groot vis River of the Caffre 

 country ; and M. Levaillant thinks it distinct from the last described. 



In the collection of Sir J. Anstruther are several drawings of 

 this bird, where it is called the Bulbul of Calcutta. 



