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BLACK-CHEEKED THRUSH. 

 (Turdus Saui-jala.) 



To. splendide niger marginibus pennarum citrinis, giitturc re~ 



ntigibus rectricibusque nigris. 

 Splendid black Thrush, with the margins of the feathers pale 



yellow; the throat, quills, and tail, black. 

 Turdus Saui-jala. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 356. 105. 

 Turdus nigerrimus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 821. 

 Merula madagascariensis aurea. Briss. Orn. 2. 247. 18. pi. 24. 



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 Merle dore de Madagascar. Buff. Hist. Xaf. Ois. 3. 398- 



Buff. PI. Enl. 53Q.f. 2. 

 Black-cheeked Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 75. 98. 



THIS bird has the name ofSatti-jala, in Madagas- 

 car : its length is five inches and three quarters : 

 its beak and legs are black : the prevailing colour 

 of the plumage is velvet black, with the feathers 

 edged with yellow: the sides of the head, throat, 

 quills, and tail, shining black j the latter very short. 



