106 THRUSH. 



Inhabits India ; found at Futtehghur, in February ; the country 

 name Rychill. It seems to have some things in common with the 

 last described. 



119.— CRYING THRUSH. 



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Tui-dus canorus, Ind. Orn. i. 336. Lin. i. 293. Gm. Lin. i. 811. 



Lanius faustus, Lin. i. 136. Gm.Lin.i. 311. ■. - Shaiv's Zool. ii. 323. 



Corvus faustus, Amcen. Acad. iv. 241. 



Turdus Chinensis, Osb. It. 309. 



Merula Bengalensis, Bris. ii. 260. Id. Svo. i. 230. Elein,70. 30. 



Le Baniahbou de Bengale, Buf. iii. 379. Alb. iii. pi; 19. 



Brown Indian Thrush, Edw. pi. 184. 



White-wreathed Shrike, Gen. Syn. i. 178. 



Crying Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 35. Osb. Voy. ii. 121. Shaw's Zool. x. 271. 



SIZE of a Blackbird. Bill and irides yellow ; eyes surrounded 

 with a narrow white line, extending a little way down on each side ; 

 plumage above brown, beneath paler, inclining to grey ; quills and 

 tail dusky brown, the edges of the first pale ; legs reddish. 



The female is ferruginous, except three of the quills,, and the 

 same number of the tail feathers, which are in great part white. 



This is common both in India and China, in the latter called 

 Wamew ; said to sing very loud, and from this circumstance may not 

 unaptly be called the Crying Thrush ; feeds on rice, as well as 

 insects, flesh, &c. ; very common at Canton, and there sold for a 

 piastre a piece. 



Both this and the following known in India by the various names 

 of Ghogye, and Chotareea;* frequents clumps of bamboos; gene- 

 rally observed in the day time on the ground, under hedges and 

 shady trees; the webs of the feathers, being not well connected, give 

 a loose appearance to the plumage. How far this and the next are 

 allied cannot well be determined ; certain it is, that they are known 



* Dr. Buchanan. The Coromandel crested Cuckow lays the eggs in the nest of this bird. 



