Mg eee iy, ie) Seg Eas 
Le Merle de la Jamaique, Bri. orn. ii. p. 277. N° 34. 
———— bruh de la Jamaique, Buf. oi/. iil. p. 391. 
Le Merle, Fermin. Surin. ii. p. 182. 
The Thruth, Stax. Fam. p. 305. t- 256. f, 2.—Raii Syn. p. 185. N® 30, 
Br. Muf. 
45 
47: 
+ WHITE- 
CHINNED 
THR. 
IZE of a Blackbird. Bill orange, with a line of black near Description. 
the end: plumage blackifh brown, paleft beneath: chin 
and belly whitifh: legs orange. Some fpecimens have a fpot of 
white on the fecondaries. 
Inhabits Famaica, where it frequents the woody mountains, 
and is thought to be good food. The fat is orange-coloured. 
A Variety of this, wanting the white chin, was met with at 
New Caledonia, in the Sauth Seas. 
ERMIN alfo mentions a bird of Surinam *, which feems a 
further variety. The bill and legs both orange, and the 
colour of the male black. The bill of the female dufky. 
This is common. Feeds on fruits and infeéts; and makes the 
neft of mofs, finall twigs, and roots, firmly united together.. 
Le Merle d’Amerique, Brif. orz. ii. p. 308. N° 51. 
IZE of a Blackbird. Bill and legs yellow: plumage of a 
fhining viclet; black above, ard. dull beneath :. quills rufous 
atthetips. The female grey. 
* Defer. Surin..vol. il, p. 1826 
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Var. A. 
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Var. B. 
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Var. C, 
DESCRIPTION. 
