THRUSH. Ill 



part of the neck; on the ears, within the black, a patch of loose 

 white feathers ; hind part of the neck, and breast reddish ; belly 

 reddish white ; vent white; tail much rounded, or rather cuneiform, 

 at the end of each feather an oval spot of white, bounded above with 

 black ; legs lead-colour. 



Inhabits China. — In the collection of the late Capt. Broadley. 



126— BLUE-GREY THRUSH. 



LENGTH seven inches and a half. Bill stout, dusky, base pale ; 

 plumage above pale blue grey, paler on the rump ; beneath greyish 

 white, with numerous curved, dusky marks ; over the eye a white 

 streak, from the nostrils, passing towards the hindhead ; wings 

 dusky black, the margins of the feathers pale ; tail cuneiform, the 

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

 quarters ; colour dusky black, the three outer ones more or less white 

 at the ends; legs lead-colour: the wings reach one-third on the tail. 



Inhabits India.— General Hardwicke. 



One greatly similar to the above, if not the same, had lines of 

 black down the shafts of the feathers on the upper parts, otherwise 

 one description might serve for both ; the vent greyish white. 



Said to have come from India. — In the collection of the late 

 General Davies. 



127.— EASTERN THRUSH. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill stout, broad at the base, black ; 

 head and neck black ; the back and wing coverts pale blue grey; 

 beneath, from the breast, pale cinereous, nearly white on the belly; 

 greater quills black ; from the base, on the inner webs, to the middle, 

 white; second quills dusky, with pale edges and tips; tail rounded, 



