210 WHITE-FRONTED THRUSH. 



This species frequents marshy places through- 

 out the greater part of Europe, from Gibraltar to 

 Poland and Russia : it makes its nest among 

 reeds, and lays five or six eggs of a yellowish white 

 colour, and during incubation the male continually 

 amuses the female with his song. It is not found 

 in this country. 



WHITE-FRONTED THRUSH. 

 (Turd us albifrons.) 



'Fv.plumbeO'nigricans, subtus obscure jlavescens, sincipite macula 



alba. 

 Dusky lead-coloured Thrush, beneath dull yellowish, with a 



white spot on the forehead. 

 Turdus albifrons. Gmd. Syst. Nut. 1. 822. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



354. 98. 

 White-fronted Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 71 . Ql. 



LENGTH above six inches : beak lead-colour : 

 forehead with a white spot : head, neck, and upper 

 parts of the plumage, nearly black plumbeous 

 colour : under parts yellowish buff: legs brown : 

 it is sometimes found with the beak black : the 

 colour of the upper parts of the body and the tail 

 the same, with a spot of white on each side the 

 forehead, and with all the under parts of the body 

 dirty white. It inhabits various parts of New 

 Zealand. 



