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WHITE-TAILED THRUSH. 



This is the size of the Blackbird : its beak is 

 strong and black : the prevailing colour of the 

 plumage is greenish glossy black, the jprimary 

 quills, which are rufous, excepted : the three first 

 quills have brown and the rest black tips: the 

 legs are brown : the length of the bird is eleven 

 inches. It inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 



WHITE-TAILED THRUSH. 



(Turdus leucurus.) 



Tu. niger, uropygio Jemoribus caudaque a bdsi Jere ad apicem 

 albis. 



Black Thrush, with the rump, thighs, and tail, from the base 



nearly towards the tip, white. 

 Turdus leucurus. Gmel. Si/st. Nat, 1 . 820. — Lath, Ind. Orn, 



1.344.58. 



White-tailed Thrush. Lath, Gen. Syn, 3. 4g.^/. 38. 



This species is a native of Spain: it is less than 

 the Blackbird : length eight inches : beak lead- 

 coloured: prevailing colour of the plumage black: 

 rump, thighs, and tail, white, the tips of the fea- 

 thers of the latter excepted, which are black for 

 about half an inch, and the two middle ones for 

 about an inch and a half : legs and claws yellowish. 



