THRUSH. 103 



rounded, rufous ; the two middle feathers, on the outer edges and 

 ends of the others, brown ; the wings reach one-third on the tail. 

 From the Cape of Good Hope. 



112.— BRIMSTONE-BELLIED THRUSH. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill stout, dusky, at the base a few 

 hairs ; top and sides of the head ash-colour ; rest of the plumage 

 above olive-green ; beneath from the chin pale yellow ; tail rounded, 

 the three outer feathers with the ends pale yellow, but chiefly on 

 the inner webs ; the wings reach to the middle of the tail ; the first 

 quill is half the length of the others, the second reaches three-fourths, 

 but the fourth is the longest ; legs brown. 



Inhabits Sierra Leone. — One similar to the above had only the 

 chin yellow ; the under parts olive-green like the upper, but con- 

 siderably paler. 



113— BARBARY THRUSH. 



Turdus Barbaricus, Ind. Orn. i. 359. Gm. Lin. i. 808. 



Grive Basseterre de Barbarie, Buf. iii. 313. Voy. en. Barb. i. 272. 



Green Thrush, Shaw's Trav. p. 253. 



Barbary Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 23. 9, Shaw's Zool. x. 189. 



SIZE of the Missel Thrush. Head, neck, and back fine light 

 green ; wings like those of a Lark ; breast white, spotted as in the 

 Thrush ; rump, and tip of the tail elegant yellow ; legs strong 

 and short. 



Inhabits Barbary, where Dr. Shaw met with it ; but he says, it 

 is not common ; seen only in summer, in the fig season. 



