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ETHIOPIAN THRUSH. 

 (Turdus JEthiopicus.) 



Tu. niger corpore suUusjasciaque alarum albis. 



Black Thrush, with the body beneath, and band on the wings, 



white. 

 Turdus ^Ethiopicus. Gmcl. Syst. Nat. 1. 824. Lath. Ind.Orn. 



i. 357. iio. 



Le Merle noire et blarrc d'Abissinie. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 



406. Le Boubou. Le Vail. Ois. d'Afriq. 2. 73. pi. 68. f. 1. 2. 

 Ethiopian Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 78. 103. Lath. Syn. 



Sup. II. 180. g. 



THIS is a solitary retired species, always prefer- 

 ring the thickest parts of the woods to make its 

 habitation : its beak and legs are black : the under 

 parts of the body and stripe across the wings white : 

 the rest of the plumage plain black : the size of 

 the bird is about that of the Redwing : the female 

 is less than the male, and is brownish in those 

 parts where the male is black ; the under parts of 

 her body are entirely fulvous, the throat, which 

 is rufous, excepted : the band on the wings is 

 slightly inclined to that colour. It is abundant over 

 great part of Africa: the male has a note similar 

 to the word Boubou, and the female Cou-i: the 

 latter lays four or five eggs. 



