TRIPOLI THRUSH. 



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Ceylonese Stare. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 11. 2. 

 Yellow-crowned Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 74. QQ.-^Lath. 

 Syn, Sup. 143. gd.—Brown. Illust. ZooL 50. pi. 22. 



This mimicking bird is as large as the common 

 Song Thrush: its beak is black: the crown of 

 the head and cheeks are yellow : from the beak, 

 passing below the cheeks, is a black line: the 

 breast and under part of the body ash-coloured ; 

 the former sprinkled with arrow-shaped dusky 

 spots : greater quills, tail, and legs, pale green. 

 Native of Ceylon and Java. 



TRIPOLI THRUSH. 

 (Turdus Tripolitanus. ) 



Tu. olimceo-JlavuSi subtus albidus, remigibus nigrisj rectricibus 



nigricantibus apice albis, 

 Olive-yellow Thrush, beneath whitish, with the quills black ; 



tail-feathers dusky, tipped with white. 

 Turdus tripolitanus. GmeL Syst, Nat, 1 . SQQ.-^Lath, Ind. Orn, 



1. 329. 10. 



Le Merle olivatre de Barbaric. Biiffl Hist, Nat, Ois, 3. 404. 

 Tripoli Thrush. Lath, Gen. Syn. 3. 23. 10. 



Size of T. viscivorus : its beak is reddish brown: 

 the plumage of the upper parts of the body, and 

 lesser wing-coverts, olive yellow; the latter tinged 

 with brown : the greater coverts and quills black : 

 the wings reach to the middle of the tail: the 

 under parts of the body dirty white : tail-feathers 

 dusky, with yellowish tip : legs lead-coloured. In- 

 habits the Barbary States. 



