9 
CRESTED THRUSH. 
(PL IX.) 
LENGTH 
Seven inches and a half; bill four-eighths and a half and brown ; eye same; lashes 
grey, as also the forehead ; feathers on the crown long and black, forming a crest, 
erected at pleasure ; hind head grey ; cheek and back part of neck dark grey ; back, 
rump, -wings, tail-coverts, a grey-brown; breast light greyish brown ; sides and 
vent a dull oker ; belly dull white; thighs brown ; legs and claws horn colour. 
INHABITS 
Rocks ; frequents barren scrubby places. Has a jerk in its walking motion, at the 
same time erecting its crest like the cockatoo. 
