. A general synopsis of birds . ine inches. Bill threequarters of an inch; very ftout for the genus, and notchednear the tip; the col ur blackifli; at the bafe a few briftlcs:irides pearl-coloured : the upper pares of the plumage are rufousbrown : fides of the head, and all the under parts, duflcy brown,verging to afli-colour about the neck; each feather marked downthe fhaft with a very pale rufous ftreak as far as the breaft, andfrom thence with a white one : the quills, and two middle tailfeathers, are darker than the back; the reft of the feathers likethofe of the Redftarts tail, but duller
. A general synopsis of birds . ine inches. Bill threequarters of an inch; very ftout for the genus, and notchednear the tip; the col ur blackifli; at the bafe a few briftlcs:irides pearl-coloured : the upper pares of the plumage are rufousbrown : fides of the head, and all the under parts, duflcy brown,verging to afli-colour about the neck; each feather marked downthe fhaft with a very pale rufous ftreak as far as the breaft, andfrom thence with a white one : the quills, and two middle tailfeathers, are darker than the back; the reft of the feathers likethofe of the Redftarts tail, but duller: the tail is even at theend, and the feathers rather pointed at the tips : the legsdufky. The female is wholly of a pale reddifh brown, lighted beneath,where it is dallied with white like the male: acrofs the wingcoverts two rufous bars. This fpecies was met with in New Zealand,, both in DufkyBay and ghieen Charlottes Sound. Sir J ofeph Bankss drawingsinform me that it is known there by the name of Gold beoo. 9 SIZE PI. Jw/<s?-/t//ea J/Art/jA. THRUSH. 35 3»-BAY THR. CIZE of the Song Thrujh: length eight inches and a half. Description. Bill an inch and a quarter, notched at the tip, and of a reddifhpearl-colour: general colour of the plumage rufous brown : quillsedged with dufky: tail rounded in lhape and dulky : legs duflcyblack. Inhabits Ulietea. In the collection of Sir Jofeph Banks. Plac*. 32,Tardus canorus, Lin. SyJI. 1. p. 293. N° 8. CRYING THR. Le Merle de Bengale, Brif. orn. ii. p. a6o. N* 25. Le Baniahbou de Bengale, Buf. oif. iii. p. 379.—Albin. iii. pi. 19. Brown Indian Thrufti, Ed<w. pi. 184. Crying Thrufti, OJb. Voj. ii. p. 121. CIZE of a Blackbird : length nine inches and a half. Bill and Description. irides yellow: the upper parts of the body are brown; theunder the fame, but paler, almoft grey: quills and tail dufkybrown ; the edges of the flrft pale : the eyes are furrounded witha narrow white line, extending a little way down on each fide:leg
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