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BLACK-HEADED THRUSH. 

 (Turdus atricapillus.) 



Tu. nigricans, capite atro, abdomine uropygioque rufis, macula 



alarum alba. 

 Dusky Thrush, with a dark-coloured head, rufous belly and 



rump, and white spot on the wings. 

 Turdus atricapillus. Lin. Sy&t. Nat. 1. 295. 18. Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1. 822. Briss. Orn. Sup. 4?.. t. 3.f. 2. Lath. Lid. Orn. 



1. 353. 96. 

 Merle & tete noire An Cap de Bonne Esperance. Buff, Hist. 



Nat. Ois. 3. 3B8.BuJf. PI. Enl. 392. 

 Black-headed Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 70. 89. 



THE beak, head, and upper part of the neck, 

 are black : the back and scapulars dark brown : 

 the wing-coverts brown, some edged with rufous, 

 and some with white : quills brown ; the two first 

 white on the inner edge at the base, the seven 

 next on both webs, forming a white spot on the 

 wings when closed : rump and upper tail-coverts 

 rufous : under parts of the body dull rufous : the 

 sides varied with dusky transverse lines : tail 

 dusky, the feathers tipped with white, with the 

 exception of the two middle ones : legs brown : 

 claws black. Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 



