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GILDED THRUSH. 



Length eighteen inches, of which the tail makes 

 eleven : the beak and legs black : the head inclin- 

 ing to blackish, with a tinge of gold : the prevail- 

 ing colour of the plumage glossy green, which 

 varies according to the light : rump and two mid- 

 dle tail-feathers incline to purple : the belly and 

 thighs glossed with copper: the tail much wedged, 

 the outer feathers being very short. Inhabits Se- 

 negal. 



GILDED THRUSH. 



(Turdus auratus.) 



Tu. viridis auratus, capite collo corporeque suhtus violaceis, cauda 



Jasciaque alarum cceruleis. 

 Golden green Thrush, with the head^ neck, and body beneath, 



violet ; the tail and stripe on the wings blue. 

 Turdus auratus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 8I9. — Lath, Ind. Orn, 1. 



347. 6S. 



Le Merle violet du royaume de Juida. Biif. Hist, Nat, Ois, 3. 



573,--Buff, PL Enl 540. 

 Gilded Thrush. Lath, Gen. Syn. 3. 57. 62. ' 



Inhabits Whidah : it is the size of the Black- 

 bird : the beak is brown : irides yellow : the head, 

 neck, and under parts of the body, are violet : the 

 back and wings are of a gilded green, with a blue 

 band on the inner edge of the latter : the upper 

 tail-coverts and tail blue : legs reddish brown. 



