YELLOW-BREASTED THRUSH. 237 



L*Ourovang, ou Merle cendre de Madagascar, Buff, Hist, Nat, 



Ois. 3. 3S0,— Buff. PI, Enl, 557./. 2. 

 Cinereous Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn, 3. 64. 76. 



Called Ourovang at Madagascar, where it is 

 found : it is in length eight inches and a half : the 

 beak is tipped with brown : the crown of the head 

 inclines to greenish black : the prevailing colour 

 of the plumage is ash-colour : the greater wing- 

 coverts, quills, and tail, are dark ash-colour : the 

 head, neck, breast, upper parts of the body, and 

 lesser wing-coverts, with an olive green tinge : the 

 belly and vent yellowish : legs brown. 



YELLOW-BREASTED THRUSH. 



(Turdus pectoralis.) 



Tu. JuscuSf collo inferiore pectoreque rufescente-Jlavis. 

 Brown Thrush, with the neck beneath and breast of a reddish 

 yellow. 



Turdus pectoralis. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 357. 112. 



Le petit Merle brun k gorge rousse de Cayenne. Buff, Hist. 



Nat. Ois, 3. 403.— Buff, PL Enl. 644. f. 2. 

 Yellow-breasted Thrush. Lath, Gen, Syn. 3. 78. 105. 



This is in length five inches : its beak is of a 

 dusky cinereous : the chin, throat, and breast, 

 rufous yellow : the prevailing colour of the 

 plumage above brown, with a paler mixture on 

 the back: the legs greenish yellow. Inhabits 

 Cayenne. 



