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SHINING THRUSH. 

 (Turdus nitens.) 



Tu. viridisj macula tectricum alarum molacea tiitida. 



Green Thrush, with a shining violet spot on the wing-coverts. 



Tardus nitens. Lin, Syst. Nat. 1. 294. 13. — Gmel. Syst, Nat, 



1. 818— Lath. Lid, Orn. 1, 346. 66. 

 Merula viridis angolensis. Briss, 2. 311. 53. t, 30'Jl 2. 

 Shining Thrush. Lath, Gen, Syn, 3. 56, 60. 



This elegant bird is a native of the southern 

 parts of Africa : it is in length nine inches : its 

 beak is black : the plumage is entirely of a bril- 

 liant glossy green colour, some of the lesser wing- 

 coverts excepted, which are of a bright steel blue, 

 foriping a spot of that colour on the front of the 

 wing : legs black. 



SPLENDENT THRUSH. 



(Turdus splendens.) 



Tu. violaceO'Splendens, dorso alisque olivaceo-nitentibus his mu' 

 culis atris. 



Shining violet Thrush, with the back and wings shining olive- 

 green ; the latter with pure black spots. 

 Turdus splendens. Leach, Zool, Misc, 2. 30. pi, Ixxi, 

 Turdus nitens. |8, Lath, Ind, Orn, 1. 347. 66. 



