ASH-COLOURED THRUSH. 



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Called Dilbong by the natives of New South 

 Wales, where it is an inhabitant : it is the size of 

 T. musiciis : the prevailing colour of its plumage 

 pale olive brown; the wings and tail darkest: 

 the feathers on the lores stick up like a crest ; 

 they are yellowish, and towards the eye are black: 

 behind tlie eye is a circular crimson spot, bor- 

 dered with black : the beak and legs are red. 



ASH-COLOURED THRUSH. 

 (Turdus cinerascens.) 



Tu. cinereo nigricans suhtus dilutior, tectricihus alarum mnjori' 

 bus remigibus rectricihusque lateralibus nigris. 



Dusky-cinereous Thrusli, palest beneath, with the greater wing- 

 coverts, quills, and lateral tail-feathers, black. 



Turdus cinereus. Gmel, Syst, Nat, 1. 810. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 352. go. 



Merula cinerea indica. Briss, 2. 286. 39. t. 25, f. 3. 



Le Merle cendre des Indes. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 385. 



Ash-coloured Thrush. Lath. Gen. Spi. 3. 67. 82. 



This inhabits the East Indies : it is less than 

 the Redwing : it is in length near eight inches : 

 beak and legs black : the upper parts of the plu- 

 mage deep cinereous : the greater wing-coverts 

 black, with the edges grey: quills the same ; parts 

 of the secondaries white on the inner webs : the 

 under parts of the body pale ash-colour : the two 

 middle tail-feathers deep ash ; the next on each 

 side black, with the edges and tips black : the 

 rest of the feathers entirely black. 



