THRUSH. 9-3 



A. — Length seven inches. Bill dusky; general plumage green; 

 the chin, and bend of the wing fine blue ; legs pale blue. 



Inhabits Ceylon, and called there Ney-le-yah. — Mr. S. Daniels. 



97— ASH-RUMPED THRUSH. 



Turdus orientalis, Ind. Orn. i. 355. Gm. Lin. i. 821. 

 Merula Indica, Bris. ii. 248. t. 31. 3. Id. 8vo. i. 217. 

 Merle des Indes, Buf. iii. 397. PI. enl. 273. 2. 

 Ash-rumped Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 74. Shaw's Zool. x. 264. 



LENGTH six inches and a half. Bill black ; upper parts of the 

 plumage black ; lower part of the back and rump ash-colour ; sides 

 of the head, and all beneath white ; thighs grey ; from the bill, 

 through the eyes, a black streak ; wing coverts blackish chestnut ; 

 the greater margined with white ; quills blackish ; the greater white 

 from the base to the middle, on the inner webs ; tail somewhat 

 cuneiform, but not strictly so ; the six middle feathers are equal, the 

 others shorter as they are more outward ; the colour of them black, 

 with a little white at the base ; the three outer ones white on each 

 side, the fourth white only on the margin at the tip ; legs blackish. 



Inhabits the East Indies, where it is called Terat-boulan. 



98 —BLACK-CHEEKED THRUSH. 



Turdus Saui-jala, Ind. Orn. 356. 



Turdus nigerrimus, Gm. Lin. i. 821. 



Merula Madagascariensis aurea, Bris. ii. 247. t. 24. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 227. 



Merle dore de Madagascar, Buf. iii. 398. PL enl. 539. 2. > 



Lunulated Thrush, Nat. Misc. pi. 585. 



Black-cheeked Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 75. Shaw's Zool. x. 231. 



LENGTH five inches and three quarters. Bill black ; sides of 

 the head and throat velvet black ; plumage in general the same, but 



