134 THRUSH. 



Inhabits New-Holland, and were it not for the great inferiority 

 of size might be supposed allied to the Spotted-winged Species. 



175.— BUFF-SHOULDERED THRUSH. 



LENGTH eight inches and a half. Bill and legs longish, 

 slender, and black ; plumage in general full, glossy, greenish black ; 

 on the outer part of the wing coverts an oval, large, buff-coloured spot; 

 another of the same, but longer, on the middle of the quills, near the 

 outer edge ; tail cuneiform, each feather marked with an oval buff- 

 coloured spot at the tip. 



From the drawings of General Da vies. — Native place uncertain. 



A. — Length nine inches, shape slender. Bill and legs slender, 

 black; general colour of the plumage sooty black; under tail coverts 

 barred at the ends with white; quills deep brown, the prime ones 

 have the greater part of the length, from the base, tawny buff; tail 

 four inches, cuneiform, the outer feather one inch and a half, the 

 next two inches and a half long ; all but the two middle ones white 

 at the ends ; wings reach one-fourth on the tail. 



Inhabits Senegal. — Lord Stanley. This seems to approach in 

 many things to the Buff-shouldered Species; probably differing in sex. 



176.— YELLOW-SPOTTED THRUSH. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill one inch, with a very slight notch 



just at the tip, and several hairs at the base; plumage in general 



above deep olive, beneath pale ash-colour; on each side of the 



forehead a white spot, the size of a pea ; wing coverts and second 



quills marked with a yellow, roundish, spot at the tips, under wing 



