PHILIPPINE THRUSH. 



of the Redstart's tail, but duller : the tail is even 

 at the end, and the feathers rather pointed at the 

 tips: the legs dusky: the female is wholly of a 

 pale reddish brown, lightest beneath, where it is 

 dashed with white like the male : across the wing- 

 coverts two rufous bars. This species was met 

 with in New Zealand, both in Dusky Bay and 

 Queen Charlotte's Sound : it is known by the name 

 of Gold-beoo,'' 



PHILIPPINE THRUSH. 

 (Tardus philippensis.) 



Tu. olimceo-fuscus, collo pectoreque nifis albo maculatis, ahdo- 



mine Jlavescente-albo, 

 Olive-brown Thrush, with the neck and breast rufous, spotted 



with white ; abdomen yellowish white. 

 Turdus philippensis. Gmel, Syst. Nat. 1. 814. — Lath. Ind, 



Orn. 1. 338. 39. 

 La petite Grive des Philippines. Buf. Hist. Nat, Ois. 3. 310. 

 Philippine Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 38. 37 . 



Discovered by Mons. Sonnerat in the Philip- 

 pine Islands : it is the size of the Black-faced 

 Thrush : the upper parts of its body are olive 

 brown : the neck and breast rufous, with white 

 spots : the belly and vent yellowish white. 



