THRUSH. 



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coverts yellow; greater quills fringed outwardly with yellow; tail 

 four inches long, rounded, all but the two middle feathers have the 

 ends dusky pale yellow, taking up more space as they are more 

 outward ; shafts beneath white ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits Africa.— In the collection of Mr. Comyns. I observe 

 another in that of Mr. Leadbeater. 



177— NEW-HOLLAND THRUSH. 



Turdus Novae Hollandise, Ind. Orn. i. 337. Gm. Lin. i. 814. 

 New-Holland Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 37. Shaw's Zool. x. 204. 290. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill and legs black ; at the fore part 

 of the head, including the eye, the chin, and throat are black; the 

 rest of the plumage pale bluish lead-colour; quills and tail dusky, 

 with bluish edges, and all the feathers of the latter, except the two 

 middle ones, tipped with white. 



Found in Adventure Bay, Van Diemen's Land. — Sir J. Banks. 



One, in the collection of General Davies, not unlike, but larger, 

 being between eleven and twelve inches long : in this the front and 

 throat, and as far as the breast, are black; upper parts of the body 

 fine pale blue; belly and vent white; quills and tail black, edged 

 with white : this was brought from some part of New-Holland. 



173.— GOLD-WINGED THRUSH. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill three quarters of an inch, 

 black, a trifle bent ; plumage above fine ash-colour, with a few dusky 

 lines on the crown : behind the eye a white streak; chin and throat 

 yellowish white, with a few short, dusky markings ; across the breast 

 a bar of black ; the rest of the parts beneath whitish ; wings dusky, 



