VIOLET THRUSH. 



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Turdus labradorus. Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. 832,— Lath. Ind, Orn. 

 1. 342. 54. 



Labrador Thrush. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 200. — Lath, Gen. Syn. 

 3. 46. 48. 



It is in length eight inches and a half : its beak 

 is black : the prevailing colour of the plumage is 

 a glossy black, with a tinge of blue and green : 

 tail long : legs black : hind toes long : claws 

 stout. Inhabits Labrador. 



VIOLET THRUSH. 



(Turdus violaceus.) 



Tu. molaceo-nitens, pennis capitis colli pectoris tectricibusque 

 alarum cceruleo-chalybeis, macula alarum Jemoribusque intiis 

 albus. 



Shining violet Thrush, with the feathers of the head, neck, breast, 

 and wing-coverts, steel blue ; spot on the wings, and thighs 

 internally white. 



Turdus violaceus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 829. — Lath, Ind. Orn. 

 1. 347. 69. 



Le Merle bleu de la Chine. Sonner. Voy. hid, 2. 188.^^ 108. 

 Violet Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn, 3. 57, 6S. 



This inhabits China : it is the size of the Gilded 

 Thrush : its beak and legs are black : irides red : 

 the entire plumage is of a changeable violet blue : 

 the feathers of the head, neck, breast, and wing- 

 coverts, have at the end a changeable violet blue 

 band, which has the lustre of polished metal : on 

 the wing-coverts are two feathers with a white 



