ASIATIC THRUSH. 



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The upper parts of the body of this bird are 

 deep olive green : the wing-quills are brown on 

 the inner, and olive green on the outer webs, with 

 two thirds of the edge from the base yellowish : 

 the under parts of the body are of the same colour 



the upper, but pale, and inclined to yellow : the 

 tail olive green : the legs and beak dusky : length 

 of the bird about eight inches. Inhabits the East 

 Indies. 



ASIATIC THRUSH. 

 (Turdus AsiaticLis.) 



Tu. niger suhtus Jlavus^Jciscia alarum duplici alba. 



Black Thrush, beneath yellow, with a double bar on the wings. 



Turdus asiaticus. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. xlw. 24. 



Asiatic Thrush. Lath, Syn. Sup. II. 188. 33. 



Supposed to inhabit China : it is described by 

 Dr. Latham from a specimen in the collection of 

 the late General Davies : it is near six inches in 

 length : its beak and legs are black : the top of 

 the head, including the eyes and all the upper 

 parts of the body and wings, are black, with the 

 primaries edged with yellow, and the secondaries 

 with white, forming a bar on the wings when 

 closed: edges of some of the greater coverts 

 slightly tipped with white : all the lower parts of 

 the body yellow : tail dusky, with a tinge of olive 

 green. 



