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PALM THRUSH. 

 (Turdus Palmarum.) 



Tu. viridi'olivaceus, suhtus suhcinereiis, sincipite pileo genisque 



m'gris maculis utrinque tribus albis. 

 Olive-green Thrush, beneath pale ash ; with the forehead, crown 



of the head, and cheeks;, black, with three white spots. 

 Turdus palmarum. Lin. Sj/st. Nat. 1. 295. IQ. — Gmel. Sijst. NaL 



1. 824. — Lath, Lid, Or7t, .1. 356, 108. — Vieil. Ois. de I'Amer, 



Sept, 2. l6. 



Le Palmiste. Briss. Orn. 2. 301. 47.;?/. 29./. 1. 

 Le Merle Palmiste. Vieil, Ois. de I'Amer. Sept. 2. iQ.jd. 69. — 

 70. young. 



Palm Thrush. Lath, Gen, Syn, 3. 76. 101. 



This beautiful species is a native of Cayenne, 

 St. Domingo, and Surinam : the crown and back 

 parts of the head are black, with three white stripes^ 

 one on the forehead, another above the eye, and 

 the third at the bottom of the black below : the 

 upper parts of the neck brown : the back, rump, 

 scapulars, wing and tail-coverts, of beautiful olive 

 green, with which colour the edges of the quills 

 and outer webs of the tail-feathers are bordered : 

 the throat and lower part of the neck white, get- 

 ting gradually darkened to grey towards the vent : 

 all but the two middle tail-feathers brown on the 

 inner webs : length six inches and a half : beak 

 and legs black : female differs in having the back 

 part of the neck black, and the throat and under 

 parts of the body greyish : the young bird has the 



