THRUSH. 113 



black ; upper part of the back, and scapulars ferruginous brown ; 

 the lower dusky black, inclining to ferruginous on the rump ; 

 beneath the body brown, except the breast and thighs, which are 

 yellowish ; all the quills black, but the secondaries have white tips ; 

 tail cuneiform, deep lead-colour, almost black ; legs dusky. 



Supposed to inhabit China. Met with among the collection of 

 drawings in the possession of the late Captain Broadley, and appears 

 to be a beautiful bird. 



130— CHANTING THRUSH. 



Turdus Boubil, Ind. Om. i. 349. Gm. Lin. i. 830. 



Le Boubil de la Chine, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. 193. 



Chanting Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 61. Shaw's Zool. x. 205. 



LESS than our Blackbird. Bill yellowish grey; irides brownish; 

 general colour of the plumage that of Umber ; behind the eye a 

 longitudinal black band, which extends half way down the neck ; 

 legs yellowish grey. 



Inhabits the southern Provinces of China : said to be the only 

 bird in this vast empire, which has any thing like a song, hence it 

 has gained the name of Nightingale: called at Canton, Boubil. 



131 —SPECTACLE THRUSH. 



Turdus perspicillatus, Ind. Orn. i. 349. Gm. Lin. i. 830. 



Merle de la Chine, Buf. iii. 368. PI. enl. 604. 



Spectacle Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 61. Shaw's Zool. x. 235. pi. 23. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill blackish ; upper parts of the body 

 greenish grey ; head and neck cinereous, inclining to brown on the 

 breast ; forehead black, passing round, and beneath each eye, not 

 unlike a pair of spectacles ; upper part of the body, and two middle 



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