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WHIDAH THRUSH. 



( Turdus leucogaster. ) 



Tu. violaceuSf abdomine albo, re,migibus nigricantibus, 

 Violet Thrush, with the abdomen white, and the quills dusky, 



Turdus leucogaster. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 8I9 Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 348. 71. 



Merle violet a ventre blanc de Juida. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois* 3, 



402.— Buff. PL Enl. 648. f, 1. 

 Whidah Thrush. Lath, Gen. Syn. 3. 58. 64. 



This species is less than a Lark, being only six 

 inches and a half in length : the beak is cinereous : 

 the prevailing colour of the plumage is violet, the 

 belly, which is white, excepted : the quills are 

 dusky: the legs are cinereous. Inhabits Whidah. 



WHITE-HEADED THRUSH. 

 (Turdus leucocephalus.) 



Tu. cinereO'griseus, capite collogue albis, alis caudaque viridi- 



cupreis remigibus nigris, macula alarum alba. 

 Ash-coloured grey Thrush, with the head and neck white; 



wings and tail coppery green ; quills black ; and spot on the 



wings white. 



Turdus leucocephalus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. U Q2g."^Lath Ind, 

 Orn. 1. 348. 73. 



Le Merle dominiquain de la Chine. Sonner. Voy. Ind, 2. IQl. 

 White-headed Thrush. Lath, Gen, Syn. l. 348. 78- 



