110 THRUSH. 



124.— SURAT THRUSH. 



Turdus Suratensis, Ind. Orn. i. S3S. Gm. Lin. i. 814. 



Merle huppe de Surate, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. 194. 



Surat Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 38. Shaw's Zool. x. 287. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill pale rufous; iridesred; head and 

 neck black ; feathers of the crown narrow, long, and black, and fall 

 on the neck ; back and rump amber-colour ; breast, belly, and vent, 

 dirty grey ; wing coverts changeable green ; two of the secondaries, 

 next the body, dirty grey; greater quills, tail and legs, black. 



Inhabits Surat. 



A. — Length nine inches. Bill pale orange ; head dusky black ; 

 crown' slightly crested, the feathers being not much elongated ; the 

 rest of the upper parts dusky brown, nearly black; beneath pale ash- 

 colour ; rump the same, but much paler towards the vent ; thighs 

 dark ; quills pale brown ; tail dusky brown, tipped with white ; 

 legs yellow. 



Inhabits India ; called Gang-Sarru. 



125— CRESCENT THRUSH. 



Turdus arcuatus, Ind. Orn. i. 337. Gm. Lin. i. 829. 



Corvus Sinicus, Shaw's Zool. vii. 360. 



Chinese Jay, Gen. Syn. i. 390. 



Crescent Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 37. Shaw's Zool. x. 289. 



LENGTH eleven inches. Bill lead-colour, the tip pale ; plu- 

 mage on the upper parts reddish brown ; over the eye a white streak ; 

 lore and chin white ; cheeks black, passing in a crescent on the fore 



