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CEYLON THRUSH. 



(Turdus Zeylonus.) 



Tu. viridiSf subUis luieus, li7iea ocidari utrinque in pectus nigrum 

 duct a. 



Green Thrush, beneath yellow^ with a black line on each side 

 beneath the eyes^ reaching forward to the breast. 



Turdus Zeylonus. Lin. Syst. Nat, 1. 29;. 2Q,'~-GmeL Sijst. 

 Nat. 1. 837.— Lath. Lnd. Orn. 1. 349- 80, 



Turdus citrious. Lath. Lnd. Orn. 1. 350. 83. — (young?) 



Merula torquata Capitis Bona3 Spei. Briss. 2. 299, 46. t, 30. 



Le Bacbakiri. Le VaiL Ois. d'Afri. 2. 65. t. 67./ 1. 2. 



Le Plastron noire de Ceylon. Buff. Hist. Nat, Ois. 3. 374.^ 



Buff. PL Enl. 272. 

 Green Pye of Ceylon. Edwards, 321. 



Orange-headed Thrush. Lath. Syn, Sup. 145, 129. (young). 

 Ceylon Thrush. Lath. Gen, Syn. 3. 62. 72,'^Lath. Syn, Sup. 

 LL, 179. 7. 



Not quite so large as a Blackbird, being only 

 seven inches and a half in length : its beak is 

 black : the crown is greyish olive : upper parts of 

 the body fine olive green : supercilia white : from 

 the nostrils, passing through the eye, and reach- 

 ing forwards to the breast, is a black line, forming 

 a crescent on the breast : the chin, throat, belly, 

 vent, and thighs, are yellow: tail wedged in shape; 

 the two middle feathers like the back, the others 

 black, with yellow tips : legs blackish : female 

 with the colours less brilliant, and the crescent 

 t)n the breast dusky. The orange-headed Thrush 



