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107.— CAFFRARIAN THRUSH. 



Le Reclameur, Levail. Afr. iii. 33. pi. 104. 



THIS is a trifle less than the Reed Thrush. Bill horn-colour; 

 irides deep brown ; plumage above bluish grey-brown, with a tinge 

 of olive in some lights ; beneath, with the rump, and under wing 

 coverts yellow, inclining to orange ; paler on the belly ; quills 

 dusky, edged with blue grey; tail even, the four middle feathers 

 dusky, the rest dull yellow, with the edges dusky; the wings reach 

 one-fourth on the tail. 



The female is smaller, and the colours more dilute. 



Inhabits Africa ; found in the forests of Hottniqua, in the Caffre 

 land, and woods about Bruyntj.es Hoogte. The nest never met with. 

 M. Levaillant mentions an anecdote, from the note of this bird being- 

 similar to Piet, myn Vrouw, which signifies Peter, my Wife, 

 that his servant Peter began to think seriously of the bird's uttering- 

 these words so distinctly, till it was found, that every one had the 

 same song. The male sings melodiously in the morning and evening, 

 and sometimes all night, whilst the hen is sitting, during which 

 song it is easily approached, but at other times it is difficult to get 

 near; is found chiefly in moist places, which it frequents for the sake 

 of worms, which abound there. 



108 — TETUAN THRUSH. 



THIS is rather smaller than the White-tailed Thrush, and 

 scarcely eight inches long. The bill a trifle more arched, and strong 

 than in most thrushes, the upper mandible emarginated; nostrils 

 remote from the head, almost in the middle of the bill ; plumage in 

 general above obscure mouse-colour, beneath the same, but paler; 

 tail rather long, like that of a Shrike. 



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