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DOMINICAN THRUSH. 

 (Turdus Dominicanus.) 



Tu.Juscus "violaceo-chalybeo variegatus, capite corforeque suh- 



tus Juscescente-albis. 

 Brown Thrush, variegated with shining violet, with the head 



and body beneath brownish white. 

 Turdus dominicanus. Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. 836. — Lath, Ind, 



Orn. ]. 348. 72. 



Merle dominiquain des Philippines. Buff, Hist, Nat, Ois, 3. 



Sgd.-^Biif. PI, Enl. 627./. 2. 

 Dominican Thrush. Lath. Gen, Syn. 3. 58. 65. 



Discovered by M. Sonnerat in the Philippine 

 Islands : it is iji length six inches : beak pale 

 brown : upper parts of the plumage brown, varied 

 with bright violet colour: the head and all the 

 under parts of the body are brownish white : the 

 base of the tail with a polished steel gloss j the 

 tip greenish : legs pale brown : wings very long. 



GINGI THRUSH. 



(Turdus ginginianus.) 



Tu. griseus, capite nigro cristatOf alis mrescenti-nigris, remigi- 

 hus primoribus basi caudaque apice rufis, supra, oculos Jascia 

 nuda Jlam, 



Grey Thrush, with a black crested head; wings greenish 

 black ; the priaiary quills at the base and the tip of the tail 

 rufous ; above the eyes a naked yellow band. 



