124 THRUSH. 



154— AUSTRAL THRUSH. 



LENGTH six inches or more. Bill stout, brown, with a slight 

 notch at the tip ; plumage above greenish brown ; beneath very pale 

 brown, approaching to white on the belly and vent; chin whitish, 

 obscurely marked with small dusky waves ; quills dusky, the lesser 

 edged with tawny, the larger with white ; the first very short, the 

 next near half an inch shorter than the third, but the fourth is the 

 longest of all ; tail a little hollowed at the end; general length three 

 inches; legs slight, black; the wings reach three-fourths on the tail. 



Inhabits New South Wales. — In the collection of Lord Stanley. 



155.— BLUE-CHEEKED THRUSH. 



Turdus cyanous, Jnd. Orn. Sup. xlii. 

 Blue-cheeked Thrush, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 184. 



SIZE of the Missel Thrush ; length about eleven inches. Bill 

 and legs slate-colour; plumage above pale green; beneath pure 

 white; the eye placed in the fore part of an oval patch of blue; 

 quills dusky rust-colour; tail rounded, or slightly cuneiform. 



Inhabits New-Holland, but is there rare : has a singular whis- 

 tling note, and is often seen pursuing smaller birds. 



156— BLACK-BROWED THRUSH. 



Turdus melanophrys, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. xlii. 



Black-browed Thrush, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 185. Shaw's Zool. x. 206: 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill three quarters of an inch, reddish ; 

 nostrils covered with a membrane, at the front of which the opening 



