98 THRUSH. 



C — In another adult male the general markings were the same, 

 but the tail differed ; the two middle feathers were wholly black ; 

 two or more on each side black at the base, the rest of the length 

 crimson ; the others wholly crimson ; the tail rounded at the end. 



D. — Length seven inches and a half. Head, neck, half the back, 

 and greater part of the wings dusky black ; two middle tail feathers 

 the same ; the rest of the feathers crimson ; the shape cuneiform; all 

 the under parts from the throat, the middle of the wing, and lower 

 part of the back and rump crimson. 



More Varieties might be mentioned, but they differ from one or 

 other of the above but little ; I observe, however, that in some, the 

 lower belly and vent are white; and although the bill is stronger, 

 and the bird much larger than in the Flammeous Flycatcher, yet in 

 the distribution of colours it approaches thereto ; and from a tew 

 hairs being visible at the base of some of the specimens, might easily 

 pass for a Thick-billed Flycatcher; but the general manners are not 

 known. 



106.— ASIATIC THRUSH. 



Turdus Asiaticus, hid. Orn. Sup. xliv. 



Asiatic Thrush, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 188. Shaw's Zool. x. 239. 



SIZE of a Nightingale ; length near six inches. Bill and legs 

 black ; head, including the eyes, and all the upper parts of the body 

 and wings, black ; but the greater quills are edged with yellow, and 

 the lesser margined with white ; the greater wing coverts have the 

 ends white, making, when closed, a bar on the wing ; above this is 

 a shorter one of the same ; all the under parts are yellow; tail dusky, 

 inclining to olive-green. 



Supposed to inhabit China. — In the collection of Gen. Davies. 



