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BLACK-CHINNED THRUSH. 



andbreast the same, edged with white, which colour 

 is clouded with dusky on the breast: the upper parts 

 of the body, quills, and tail, are testaceous red : 

 the wing-coverts are black ; the lesser ones tipped 

 with white, and the middle and greater ones with 

 rufous : the belly, thighs, and vent, pale cinna- 

 mon-colour. Native of Cayenne. 



^ BLACK-CHINNED THRUSH. 



(Turdus cochinsinensis.) 



Tu. viridisj loris gulaque nigris, sub gula lunula lata fiam^ ad 



basin rostri utrinque macula ccerulea. 

 Green Thrush, with the lores and throat black; beneath the 



latter a broad yellow crescent ; and at the base of the beak, 



on each side, a blue spot. 

 Turdus cochinsinensis. GmeL Si/st. Nat, 1. S25,—-Lath, Ind. 



Orn. 1. 357. 113. 

 Le Verdier de la Cochinchine. Bitff'. Hist, Nat, Ois, 3. 409. — 



Buff. PI. Enl, 643./. 3, 

 Black-chinned Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 79. 106. 



The prevailing colour of this species is green j 

 towards the tail and outer edges of the quills blue : 

 the space between the beak and eyes, the chin, 

 and throat, black j that colour on the latter edged 

 with yellow, which forms a crescent on the breast: 

 sides of the head, near the base of the beak, with 

 two blue spots : beak and legs dusky. Inhabits 

 Cochin China, 



