194 DUAMA THRUSH. 



legs are yellowish : the plumage is entirely of a 

 shining violet, obscure beneath : quills rufous at 

 their tips. 



DUAMA THRUSH. 



(Turdus Duama.) 



Tu. lunulis nigris, supra Juscus, subtus albus, tectricibus alarum 

 minoribus nigris albo variegatis, remigibus primoribus Juscis 

 apice cinereis. 



Thrush with black lunules, above brown, beneath white, with 

 the lesser wing-coverts variegated with black and white ; the 

 primary quills brown, with ash-coloured tips. 



Turdus Duama. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 362. 134. 



Duama Thrush. Lath, Syn, Sup, 145. 127. 



This bird is said to inhabit India by Dr. Latham, 

 who thus commemorates it. " Beak dusky: 

 cheeks white : crown, hind parts of the neck, and 

 back, brown, marked with curved black spots : 

 lesser wing-coverts black, chequered with white : 

 outmost primary black ; the rest of them rusty 

 brown, tipped with ash : fore-part of the neck, 

 breast, and belly, white, barred with curved black 

 marks: tail dusky: legs yellowish: in India it is 

 called Cowal, from its note imitating that word: 

 gorges fruit till torpid, and after a time flings up 

 the stones/* 



