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BIRDS. PASSERES. 77. Turdus. 
Minutus. 
Dauma. .With black crcfcents, above brown, beneath white 
wing-coverts black, varied with white; P 
quill-feathers brown tipt with cinereous. 
Inhabits India ; feeds on fruits ; very voracious, 
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Speciofus. Black; belly, hind-part of' the back, middle 
q fpots on the quill-feathers and lateral 
fcarlct. Black and 
Inhabits India ; 8 1 inches long. 
b*'*^ ' 
Above rtilfy-brown, beneath riilly-afli ; chiu jjjoU-y 
wings and tail marked with black and 
Length. 3! inches. Bill and It^s brown ; . 
thtrs blackifh, the reft black and tranfverfely 
the middle ; 4 upper tail-Jcathers black, lower 
Curaus. Glolfy black ; bill fubftriate; tail wedged, 
Inhabits Chili ; fize of T. vifeivorus ; lings finely*,*^ 
the notes of other bird.s, anti when tamed the it 
feeds on worms and feeds and on linaller birds, 
by perforating the Ikull with its bill ; lays 3 h® 
eggs. 
Bill, eyes, kgs and JlcJli black ; tail 5 inches long- 
Green, with a glolfy violet fpot on the 
Nikns. 
2. Green, beneath violet ; chin and rump blue. 
Inhabit Angola and Cape of Good Hope s 19 inches 
Bill and legs black. 
old; 
Shining green, beneath copper ; head blackift'§° .ged- d, 
and 2 middle tail-feathers purplilli ; ^ g/Jj 
Mnens, 
Inliabits near the Senegal : 18 Inches long. 
'Bill aud legs black; tail u inches long. 
Auratus. Violet; back and wings gold-green; band 
angs, tail and its upper cover 
edge of the wings. 
Inhabits Wkidlffi in Africa : fize of a blackbird. 
Bill brown ; irids yellow ; legs tawny. 
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