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VOLATILE THRUSH. 



(Turdus volitans.) 



Tu. supra niger subtus albus, alisjuscis, capite collogue nigris. 

 Thrush above black, beneath wliite, with the wings brown ; head 



and neck black, 

 Turdus volitans. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. xli. 10. 

 Volatile Thrubh, Lath. Syn. Sup, II. 183. \g. 



Common in New Holland: length nine inches: 

 beak, head, neck, upper parts of the body, and tail, 

 black 3 the latter rather long : the under parts of 

 the body white : legs dusky: very like the Rest- 

 less Thrush : feeds on worms, which it is said to 

 entice out of the ground. 



NEW HOLLAND THRUSH. 

 (Turdus nov^ Hollandiae.) 



Tu. ccerulescente-plumheuSy Jade gula juguloque nigris, remigi^ 

 bus 7iigricantibuSf rectricihus lateralibus apice albis. 



Blue lead-coloured Thrush, with the face, throat, and jugulum 

 black ; quills dusky ; lateral tail-feathers tipped with white. 



Turdus novffi Hollandiae. Gmel. Syst. Nat. l. 814. — Lath, Ind, 

 Orn. 1. 33ir. 3^. 



New Holland Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 37. 35. 



Found in Adventure Bay, Van Diemen*s island : 

 length seven inches : beak black : fore-part of the 



