68.
BLACKNECKED
THR.
Description.
Place.
69.
YELLOWFRONTED
THR.
Description.
Female.
T E N G T H nine inches. Bill dulky : irides brown : head,
chin, and nape, white : at the bafe of the bill begins a yel-
lowifh ftreak, which paffes beneath, and takes in the eye, but
does not appear above i t : the neck is black : the upper part of
the back and fcapulars ferruginous brown } the lower of a dulky
black, inclining to ferruginous on the rump: under parts of the
body brown, except the breaft and thighs, which are yellowilh:
all the quills are black, but the fecondaries have white tips :
tail cuneiform ; o f a deep lead-colour, ahnoft black : legs
dufky.
This appears to be a very beautiful bird, and is fuppofed to inhabit
China. The defcription taken from a fine drawing, in the
poffefiion of Captain Broadley.
Le petit Merle de la C6te de Malabar, Son. Voy. Ini. vol. ii. p. tgi.
C I Z E of the Houfe Sparrow, but more elongated- The bill
° is black : irides yellow : general colour of the plumage a fine
ihining green: the forehead yellow : throat black : at the lower
mandible is a ftreak of ultramarine blue: the wing coverts are of
a changeable light blue colour : legs black.
The female is fmall’e r : the general colour is of a pleafing
green, inclining to yellow on the belly: the throat pale fky-
blue.
Found on the coaft of Malabar.
U
Le Boubil de la Chine, Son. foy. Ini. vol. iL p| 193.
T E S S than our Blackbird. Bill yellowilh grey : irides brown-
ifh : general colour of the plumage that of umber behind
the eye a longitudinal black band, which extends half way down
the neck : legs yellowilh grey.
This is met with in the. fouthern provinces of China, and is
faid to be the only bird of this vaft empire which has any thing
like a fong ; whence it has gained the name o f Nightingale-3 It «
called at Canton, Boubil.
Le-Merle de la Chine, Buf. »/ƒ. iii. p. 368.— PI. ml. 604.
A- Trifle bigger than a Blackbird : length eight inches and
a half. Bill blackilh: upper parts of the body greenilh
grey: head and neck cinereous,, inclining to brown on the
breaft : forehead black, palling round, and beneath each eye, not
unlike a pair of fpeftacles : upper parts of the body and two
middle tail feathers greenilh brown: the fide feathers much
darker brown, in fhape a little cuneiform: breaft and belly .dirty,
yellowilh white : legs yellow.
Inhabits China.
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CHANTING
THR.
Description.
Place.
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SPECTACLE
THR.
Description»
Place*
Tordus