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161— BROWN-CROWNED THRUSH. 



Turdus tenebrosus, Ind. Orn. i. xlii. 



Brown-crowned Thrush, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. p. 184. Shaw's Zool. x. 297. 



THIS is about six inches long. Bill and irides pale blue ; crown 

 and nape brown ; back and wings deep chocolate, nearly black ; the 

 quills edged with white ; chin black, from thence to the vent white ; 

 but the sides of the body, next the wings, and crown of the head are 

 brown ; beneath the eye numerous, warty, rufous excrescences ; the 

 tail brownish black, ends of the feathers white ; the wings reach 

 three-fourths on the tail ; legs black. 



Inhabits Port Jackson, in New South Wales.— -Mr. Francillon. 



162— FRIVOLOUS THRUSH. 



Turdus frivolus, Ind. Orn. Sup. xliii. 



Frivolous Thrush, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 186, Shaw's Zool. x. 269. 



BILL black ; body above, and wings brown ; beneath white ; 

 sides of the neck and breast inclining to rufous, and under the wings 

 to yellow ; forehead, and half the crown, mixed cinereous and white ; 

 quills somewhat paler, and the tail darker than the rest of the 

 plumage ; the last rather shorter ; legs lead-coloured. 



Found at Port Jackson, with the last. 



163— BLUE-HEADED THRUSH. 



Turdus cyanocephalus, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. xliii. 



Blue-headed Thrush, Gen. Syn: Sup. ii. 185. Shaiv's Zool.x. 2-34. 



LENGTH seven or eight inches. Bill stout, blue, tip black; 

 top of the head, including the eyes, deep blue ; back, wings, and 



