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PAGODA THRUSH* 



it frequents mountainous and rocky places, and is 

 always seen alone, except in the breeding season, 

 and even then no more than a pair are seen in 

 the neighbourhood, from whence it has received 

 the name of solitary. Like the Starling, it pre- 

 pares its nest in old ruined edifices, church towers, 

 and other similar places, and lays five or six eggs : 

 the young are readily reared, and have a beauti- 

 ful song when they grow up, which they will utter 

 at candle-light, for which the natives of the Archi- 

 pelago esteem it so much as to think it sacrilege 

 to take the nest, or kill the bird. 



Its food consists principally of insects, grapes, 

 and other fruit: it is said to be common in France, 

 Italy, and the islands of the Mediterranean and 

 Archipelago ; and is observed to change its abode 

 with the seasons, coming into those parts where it 

 usually breeds in April, and departing in August. 



PAGODA THRUSH. 

 (Turdus Pagodarum.) 



Tu. crisiatus griseus, capite corpoi'e subtus remigibus caudaque 



nigris, abdomine albo lineato, crisso albo. 

 Grey-crested Thrush, with the head, body beneath, quills, and 



tail, black ; abdomen lineated with white ; vent white. 

 Turdus Pagodarum. Lath, Syst, Nat, 1. 8l6. — Lath, Ind. 



Orn, 1. 332. 20. 

 Le Martin Brame. Sonner, Voy, Ind, 2. I89. 

 Pagoda Thrush. Lath Gen, Syn, 3. 30. 20.— Syn, Sup. 



140. 20. 



