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lofty tree. It utters a plaintive half-song, half-call, just as if it were 
troubled with a bad cold. ‘This species breeds about Objimbinque ; 
and I took a nest containing three young on the 29th of October, 
it was built on a branch about ten feet from the ground, and was 
composed exteriorly of grass, the interior being lined with down and 
feathers.” 
Front and top of head, brownish-grey ; back of head, neck, back, 
and rump, ash-coloured ; under parts ochraceous-white, dotted all 
over with dark-brown spots ; under the eyes are two black bands, 
one semi-lunate, extending from the base of the bill to the back 
of the eye, the other downwards from the eye to this lunate band; 
bill, black, yellow at base (Buckley) ; upper mandible, horn colour ; 
lower mandible, yellowish (Andersson) ; legs, light greenish-yellow 
(Andersson) ; ochre in male, light brown in female (Buckley) ; iris, 
dark hazel (Buckley); double ringed, yellow and red (Ayres). 
Hength, 8” 6’; wing, 5” 2/’’; tail, 3’. 
Fig. Smith, Ill. Zool. 8. Afr. Birds, pl. 37. 
181. Turpus LIBONYANUS. Kurrichaine Thrush. 
Sir A. Smith first procured specimens of this Thrush in the neigh- 
bourhood of Kurrichaine, actively engaged, in the thickets which 
occur on the banks of the river, scraping among the decaying leaves 
for its food. We have never seen a specimen from any part of the 
colony. Dr. Exton procured this rare species at Kanye. In 
December he writes, “At this season of the year they are in pairs, 
but their uncommonly shy habits and peculiar tactics make it most 
difficult to obtain a knowledge of their peculiarities. I thought 
Captain Harris never pursued the ‘Black Buck’ with more ardour 
than I have done this Thrush! I have never seen one on the ground 
as stated by Sir A. Smith. It seems very local, keeping to the same 
patch of bush or portion of forest, where I have seen and hunted 
the same pair on repeated visits. Its food consists of small berries 
and insects, chiefly Coleoptera.’ Dr. Kirk procured specimens in 
the Zambesi district. Mr. Andersson only obtained it at Ombongo, 
in Damara Land, and he observes, ‘‘ In all my wanderings north of 
the Orange River, I have but once met with this Thrush, which I 
then fell in with in the neighbourhood of the river Okavango.” 
Above, deep yellowish-grey; top of the head strongly shaded 
with brownish-red, margins of some of the feathers of the wing 
showing a pale buff-orange ; middle tail-feathers and outer webs of 
