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NUN THRUSH. 

 (Turdus Monacha.) 



Tu.Jusco-luteus, subtus lutescens, capite collogue inferiore nigris. 

 Brownish-yellow Thrush, beneath yellowish, with the head and 



neck beneath black. 

 Turdus Monacha. Lath. Intl. Orn. 1.35". 109. GmeL Syst. 



Nat. 1. 824. 

 Le Moloxita, ou la Religieuse d'Abissinie. Buff. Hist. Nat. 



Ois. 3. 406. 

 Nun Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 77 102. 



THE Nun Thrush is the size of the Blackbird : 

 its beak is reddish : the head is black, which colour 

 is continued over the throat, and ends in a point 

 on the breast: the general colour of the upper 

 parts of the body is yellow, tinged with brown : 

 the wing- coverts are brown, with yellow edges : 

 the quills dusky, edged with light grey: the under 

 parts of the body pale yellow : tail similar to the 

 wing-coverts: legs ash-coloured. Found amongst 

 precipices in the woods of Abyssinia. 



