116 THRUSH. 



neck, breast, wings, and tail, glossy black ; back, rump, upper tail 

 coverts, belly, vent, and under tail coverts, bluish ash-colour ; legs 

 yellow. 



Native place unknown. — In the collection of Lord Stanley. 



136.— THORN-TAILED THRUSH. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill rather stout, and black ; plumage 

 above dusky, mixed with rufous brown ; wing coverts deep brown, 

 with the ends ash-colour, giving the appearance of spots ; quills 

 brown, with the greater part of the edges pale rufous brown ; middle 

 of the back and rump plain rufous brown ; beneath, from chin to 

 vent, ferruginous ; middle of the belly white ; tail cuneiform, plain 

 cinereous brown, full three inches in length, the ends of each 

 feather narrow, and the shaft continued in a point for half an inch 

 or more, very stiff, and sharp. 



Inhabits New-Holland. — In the collection of Mr. Harrison ; one, 

 probably the same, I met with in the possession of Mr. Leadbeater, 

 with the bill about half an inch long; plumage above black, mixed 

 with ferruginous chestnut ; across the wing coverts two chestnut bars; 

 the second quills the same, on the outer web, from the middle to the 

 end ; tail as described above ; legs black, very stout, and the claws 

 large and strong, especially the hind one. 



137— PACIFIC THRUSH. 



Turdus pacificus, Ind. Orn. i. 338. Gm. Lin. i. 814. 

 Pacific Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 38. Shaw's Zool. x. 278. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill dusky; plumage above 

 ash-colour ; sides of the head beneath the eye, and all the under parts 

 brownish white ; between the bill and eye a dusky streak ; sides of 



