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GREEN THRUSH. 

 (Turdus virescens.) 



Tu. griseo-mridis, corpore suhtus superciliis maculaque stihocu- 



lari albis, gula grisea albo maculata, pectore lateribusque albis. 

 Grey-green Thrush, with the body beneath, supercilia, and spot 



under the eye, white ; the throat grey, spotted with white ; 



and the breast and sides of the body white. 

 Turdus viridis. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 830. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



351.87. 



Green Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syyi. 3. 65, 7Q. 



Length seven inches : beak black, the tip 

 brown, and the lower mandible yellowish : super- 

 cilia white: head, neck, and upper parts of the 

 body, greyish green : quills part brown, part 

 grey : throat grey, spotted with white : cheeks 

 with a white spot : breast and sides pale rufous : 

 belly and vent white: thighs variegated with 

 cinereous and white: legs and claws yellowish. 

 Supposed to inhabit China : sings well. 



