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ORANGE-BELLIED THRUSH. 



of Latham appears to be the young of this bird, 

 from which it only differs in wanting the black 

 crescent, and in having a few whitish spots on the 

 wing-coverts. 



Inhabits Ceylon and the Cape of Good Hope, 

 where it is known by the name of Bacbakiri, 

 CouiUcouit, and Jentje-bibi^ from some of its notes 

 resembling those words : it is often found in the 

 gardens : the sexes are generally observed toge- 

 ther : they make their nest among thick bushes : 

 their eggs are four or five in number; and the 

 male assists his partner during incubation : the 

 young remain with their parents till the following 

 spring. 



ORANGE-BELLIED THRUSH. 

 (Tardus chrysogaster. ) 



Tu. viridis Juho'Splendens, suhtus fulvus nitidus, remigihus qui- 



husdam extus albis. 

 Green Thrush, shining with fulvous, beneath bright f ulvous ; 



many of the quills bordered with white. 

 Turdus chrysogaster. Gmel. Sijst. Nat. 1. 835. — Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 1. 350. 81. 



Merle ^ ventre orange du Senegal. Buff. Hist, Nat. Ois. 3. 



^JJ.—Buff. PL Enl. 358. 

 L'Oranbleu. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 377. var. 

 Merle du Cap de Bonne Espcrance. Buff. PL EnL 221. var, 

 Ceylon Thrush, female. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 62. 72. ? 

 Orange -bellied Thrush. Lath, Gen. Syn. 3. 63. 73. 



In length eight inches : beak brown : the head, 

 chin, throat, upper parts of the body, wings, and 



