40 Ti R Ww SE 
BLACK. Turdus atricapillus, Lin. Sy. i. p. 295. N° 18. 
HEADED THR: Te Merle 3 téte noire du Cap de Bonne Efperance, Brif. orn. Suppl, p. 47e 
N° 66. pl. 3. f. 2—-Buf. o#/. iii. p. 383.—P2/. eal. 392. 
DescriPrion. IZE of the Redwing: length nine inches. Bill black: the 
head and part of the neck are of a gloffy black: back and 
fcapulars deep brown: rump and upper tail coverts rufous: the 
under parts, from the throat to the vent, are very pale rufous: 
the fides croffed with tranfverfe dufky lines: the wing coverts are 
brown, fome of them margined with rufous, and others with 
white: the quills are deep brown; the nine firft are white at the 
bafe, but in the two firft the white only occupies the inner web; 
when the wing is clofed, a white {pot appears: the tail is wedge- 
fhaped, and of a blackifh colour ; all but the two middle feathers 
have white tips, the white part occupying moft fpace in the 
outer feathers: legs brown: claws black. 
Piace. Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 
BRUNET THR. Turdus capenfis, Liz. Syf. i. p. 295. N° 1% a 
Le Merle brun du Cap de Bonne Efperance, Byri/. orn. ii. p. 259. N° 2g. 
pl. 2 f. 3. 
Le Brunet du Cap de Bonne Efperance, Buf. oi/- iii. p. 390. 
DzscRipTion, IZE of a Lark: length feven inches and a quarter. Bill 
black : head, neck, and upper parts of the body, brown; under 
parts the fame, but paler: the belly and thighs have a yellowifh 
hue; and the under tail coverts aré quite yellow: quills and tail 
deep brown: legs black. 
PLACE. Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, 
Merle 
