102 THRUSH. 



at the base ; irides chestnut ; plumage above brownish olive, inclin- 

 ing to green ; crown rather darker ; over the eyes a broad white 

 streak; through the eye one of black, passing behind ; chin, throat, 

 breast, and rump, rufous; belly the same, but paler; in some dusky 

 white ; quills deep brown ; edges of the feathers pale; tail cuneiform, 

 the two middle feathers three inches long, the outer two inches and 

 a half, the two middle ones dusky reddish brown, the others fine 

 rufous, towards the end dusky on the outer web ; the quills reach 

 halfway on the tail. 



The female is smaller, and differs, in having the breast and tail 

 rufous, but paler. The young birds have the hind part of the neck 

 clouded with rufous; throat plain rufous, breast mottled with brown. 



This is common on the south point of Africa, from Cape Town 

 to CafFraria, as well as some other parts ; also in Abyssinia. In the 

 time of vintage is very fat, and delicate to eat, being taken in traps 

 like the Redbreast ; makes the nest about three or four feet from the 

 ground, in low shrubs, composed of moss, and slender fibrous roots, 

 and lays four or five pale, rufous eggs, with reddish spots, almost 

 covering the large end. The Cuckows of Africa lay their eggs in 

 the nest of this bird. M. Levaillant found that of the Noisy Cuckow 

 in one, November 10, and in the year following, 29th of October, 

 a young bird of the Gilded Cuckow in another nest : the above 

 Thrush may be kept tame, if taken young, fed on flies, and suffered 

 to be at large in a room : its note is not unlike the words Janfredric- 

 dric-dric fredric ; hence the name given to it. The female only has 

 a kind of note Tic, tic, like a Redbreast. 



A. — At General Davies's is a Variety six inches and a half long. 

 Bill and legs black ; plumage above mouse-colour, beneath very 

 pale ash ; head deeper coloured than the rest ; throat and breast pale 

 rufous ; upper and under tail coverts rufous ; over the eye a white 

 streak ; through the eye and cheeks a patch of black ; tail much 



