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CHIMING THRUSH. 



The Abyssinian Thrush is said to feed on pahn- 

 tree flowers, and also to eat grapes, when in sea- 

 son : it is the size of the Ethiopian Thrush : the 

 upper parts of its plumage are brown ; the quills 

 and tail deepest, and edged with pale : the throat 

 is pale brown ; and the under parts of the body 

 fulvous yellow : the legs are black. 



CHIMING THRUSH. 



(Turd us Campanella.) 



Tu. Juscus, suhtus uropygioque rufo-fuhus, gida alba, pileo ge^ 

 nisque alhis nigro-maculatis , superciliis strigaque pone oculos 

 nigris. 



Brown Thrush, beneath and i-urnp reddish orange; with the 

 throat white ; top of the head and cheek white, spotted with 

 black ; supercilia and stripe behind the eyes black. 



Turdus Campanella. Lath. Ind, Orn. 1. 35<J. 121. 



Turdus tintinnabulatus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 820. 



Le Carilloneus. Buff, PL EnL 70O.f. 2.— Buff. Hist. Nat, Ois. 

 4. 47S. 



Chiming Thrush. Lath. Gett. Syn. 3. 83. 114. 



It is described to be four inches in length : 

 the upper mandible is black, and the lower 

 white : the top and sides of the head are white, 

 sprinkled with black: above the eye is a broad 

 streak of black, and a narrower one behind the 

 eye, joining the former at its lowest part : the 

 back, wings, and tail, are brown ; the first darkest 

 in colour: the wing-coverts are spotted with white : 



