78 THRUSH. 



70— BLACK-HEADED THRUSH. 



Turdus atricapillus, Lid. Orn. i. 353. Lin. i. 295. Gm. Lin. i. S22. Bris. Supp. 47. 



t. 3. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 252. 

 Merle a tete noire du Cap de B. E. Buf. iii. 388. PL enl. 392. 

 Le Batara a Amygdales nues, Voyd'Azara, iii. No. 219. 

 Black-headed Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 70. Skate's Zool. x. 268. 



LENGTH nine inches. Bill black ; head and neck the same. 

 but glossy ; back, and scapulars deep brown ; rump, and upper tail 

 coverts rufous ; beneath, from throat to vent, very pale rufous ; sides 

 crossed with numerous dusky lines; wing coverts brown, some of 

 them margined with rufous, and others with white ; quills deep 

 brown ; base of the nine greater quills white, forming a white spot ; 

 tail cuneiform, blackish ; all but the two middle feathers tipped with 

 white, which occupies most space in the outer ones ; legs brown. 



Said to inhabit the Cape of Good Hope ; but M. Sonnini in a 

 note observes, that it is probably a mistake of Brisson, who first 

 mentions it. This bird is sufficiently common in Paraguay. It 

 frequents moist places, and stagnant waters; is solitary : the female 

 and male much alike. 



71— BRUNET THRUSH. 



Turdus Capensis, Lid. Orn. i. 353. Lin. i. 295. Gm. Lin. i. 822. 

 Merula fusca Cap. B. Spei, Bris. ii. 259. t. 27. 3. Id. Svo. i. 230. 

 Le Brunet du Cap de B. E. Buf. iii. 390. Levail. Afr. iii. 36. pi. 105. 

 Brunet Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 70. Shaw's Zool. x. 216. 



SIZE of a Lark ; length seven inches. Bill and legs black ; 

 irides hazel ; head, neck, and upper parts of the body brown, beneath 

 the same, but paler; belly and thighs incline to yellow ; under tail 

 coverts quite yellow ; quills and tail deep brown. 



