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BLACK-THROATED THRUSH. 



(Turdus jugularis. ) 



Tu. griseo-juscus, subtus Jlmo-virescens maculis sparsis nigris f 



facie, gula,juguloque nigris, ru/b marginatis. 

 Grey-brown Thrush, beneath yellow green, sprinkled with black 



spots ; with the face, throat, and jugulum, black, margined 



with rufous. 

 Turdus ater. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 830.* Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



351. 86. 

 Le Merle gorge noire de St. Domingue. Buff. Hist. Nat- 



Ois. 3. 382. Buff. PL Enl 55Q. 

 Black-throated Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 65. 78. 



THE Black- throated Thrush is seven inches and 

 a half in length : beak black : the hind part of the 

 neck, back, and wing-coverts, grey brown, varied 

 with pure brown : the greater coverts and quills 

 are dusky brown, margined with light grey: the 

 forehead, the chin, throat, and as far as the 

 breast, black, bordered with rufous : crown of 

 this latter colour : under parts of the body and 

 rump greenish yellow, varied with large black 

 Spots on the breast and belly: the tail the colour 

 of the back, and rounded: all but the middle 

 feathers edged with dusky: legs black. Inhabits 

 St. Domingo. 



