118 THRUSH. 



140.— BOCHRIT THRUSH. 



Turdus Javanicus, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 149. 



LENGTH eight inches and a half. Plumage brown ; chin and 

 throat dull ferruginous, and the belly marked with spots of that 

 colour. 



Inhabits Java, by the name of Bochrit. — Dr. Horsfield thinks it 

 greatly allied to the New-Zealand Species, though differing in the 

 under parts. 



141.— GREY-HEADED THRUSH. 



LENGTH about seven inches. Bill dusky, a trifle bent towards 

 the tip, with a few short hairs at the base ; irides hazel ; over them a 

 pale ferruginous tinge, and beneath a blackish one ; the head and 

 sides of the neck pale, dusky blue grey; hind part of the neck, the 

 back, and wings pale brown ; rump and tail the same, with a bluish 

 grey tinge ; chin, throat, breast, and belly, dusky white; towards 

 the vent bluish ; tail full two inches long, even at the end ; the wings 

 reach only to the base ; legs dull blue. 



Inhabits New South Wales; is a solitary bird, and has a melo- 

 dious note, not unlike that of a Thrush, but does not warble. 



142— CRESTED YELLOW THRUSH. 



Turdus Australasia, Australasian Thrush, Nat. Misc. pi. 1013. 



Le Merle jaune huppe a cravate et Queue noires, Levail. Afr. iii. 72. pi. 117. 



SIZE of the Missel Thrush. Bill and legs dusky ; head feathers 

 elongated, so as to form a crest ; head, neck, and beginning of the 



