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SENEGAL THRUSH. 



(Turdus senegalensis.) 



Ti7. griseo'fuscus , ventre sordide albo, remigihus rectricihusquc 

 Juscis. 



Grey-brown Thrush, with the belly dull white, and the quills 



and tail-feathers brown. 

 Turdus senegalensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1. 823. — Lath, Ind. 



Orn. 1. 352. QS. 

 Merula senegalensis. Briss, 2. 26l. 26. t. 22, f, 2. 

 Le Merle brun du Senegal. Buff, Hist. Nat. Ois, 3. 585. — 



Buff. PL Enl, 563./. 3. 

 Senegal Thrush. Lath, Gen. Syn. 3. 68. 85. 



This is eight inches in length : its beak is 

 brown : the entire plumage, with the exception 

 of the belly, sides, thighs, and under tail-coverts, 

 which are whitish, is of a grey brown colour : the 

 quills, tail, and legs, darkest. It inhabits Senegal. 



SHORT-WINGED THRUSH. 



(Turdus brachypterus.) 



Tu. Cauda cuneiformi elongata, corpore cinereo-fusco, alis ah' 

 breviatis. 



Thrush with an elongated wedge-shaped tail, ash-coloured 



brown body, and short wings. 

 Turdus brachypterus. Lath. Ind. Orn, Sup. xliii. 21. 

 Short-winged Thrush. Lath, Syn, Sup. IL 187, 30. 



The wings of this bird are so remarkably short 

 that it is scarcely able to fly, and is in conse- 

 quence generally observed on the ground : it is 



