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and upper parts of the plumage, and primary 

 wing-feathers, are rufous brown: the lesser quills 

 are also of that colour at their tips, but are pale 

 yellow at their bases : breast, under parts of the 

 body, and tail, light yellow j upper parts of the 

 latter reddish brown. 



CHANTING THRUSH. 



(Turdus Boubil.) 



Tu. Juscus, pone aures fascia nigra. 

 Brown Thrush, with a black fascia behind the ears. 

 Turdus Boubil. Gmel, Syst, Nat. 1. 830. — Lath. Ind. Oriu 

 1. 349. 78. 



Le Boubil de la Chine. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. IQS. 

 Chanting Thrush. Lath, Gen. Syn. 3. 6I. 70. 



The prevailing colour of the plumage of this 

 bird is dark brown, inclining to umber : the beak 

 and legs are yellowish grey: irides brownish : be- 

 hind the eye is a longitudinal band of black, 

 extending half way down the neck. Found in 

 the southern provinces of China, and is nearly 

 the only bird that has a song throughout the 

 whole empire : called Boubil at Canton. 



