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DOUBTFUL THRUSH. 



(Turdus dubius.) 



Tu. nigro ccerulescens subtus albus, remigibus, rectricibusque, 

 Juscis. 



Black-blue Thrush^ beneath white, with the quills and tail- 

 feathers brown. 

 Turdus dubius. Lath, Ind. Orn, Sup, xl, 4. 

 Doubtful Thrush. Lath, Syn, Sup, II, 182. 13. 



This dull bird is nine inches in length : its 

 beak is dusky blue : the plumage is entirely blueish 

 black on the upper parts, and dirty white beneath: 

 the quills and tail are brown : legs dusky. In- 

 habits New Holland. 



AMBOYNA THRUSH. 

 (Turdus amboinensis.) 



Hv.yusco-rubescenSfCorpore subtus remigibusqueminoribus Jiaxies- 



centibus, rectricibus subtus Jlavis, 

 Fuscous-red Thrush, with the body beneath and lesser quills 



yellowish ; the tail-feathers beneath yellow. 

 Turdus amboinensis. Gmel, Syst. Nat, 1. 820. — Lath. Ind, Orn. 



1. 354. 101. 

 Merula amboinensis. Briss, 2. 244. l6. 

 Le Merle d'Amboine. Buff, Hist, Nat, Ois. 3. 394. 

 Amboina Thrush. Lath, Gen, Syn, 3. 73« 94. 



This bird is much admired at Amboyna for its 

 song, which is said to be very fine : its head, neck. 



