LONG-TAILED THRUSH. 



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it arrives in May, and disappears in September: 

 it builds among stones ; and lays five blue-green 

 eggs : it feeds on insects. 



LONG-TAILED THRUSH. 



(Turdus macrourus.) 



Tu. nigro-ccerulescens, ventre rufo, uropygio redricibusque irihus 

 extimis albis. 



Black-blue Thrush, with the belly rufous ; rump, and three 



outer tailr feathers, white. 

 Turdus macrourus. Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1, 820. — Lath Ind, Orn, 



1. 354. 100. 



Le Globe mouche a longue queue de Gingi. Sonner, Voy. Ind, 



2. 196.? 



Long-tailed Thrush. Lath, Gen. Syn. 3. 72. g3, pL 3g. 



This remarkable species is nearly one foot in 

 length, of which the tail measures more than half, 

 the two middle feathers being six inches and a 

 half in length : its beak is black : the head, neck, 

 back, and wing-coverts, are shining purplish 

 black : the quills obscure dusky black : the rump 

 white ; all the under parts of the plumage rusty 

 orange : tail wedged, the four middle feathers 

 entirely black ; the rust on each side, with their 

 tips white j and the three outer ones wholly of 

 the latter colour : legs pale yellow : claws black. 

 Found at Pulo Condore. This and the Amboyna 

 Thrush frequently throw up the tail with a flirt- 

 ing motion, similar to the Magpie. 



