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WHITE-CHINNED THRUSH. 



(Turdus leucogenus.) 



Tu. fusco-nigeVf gula abdomineque albis. 

 Brown-black Thrush, with a white throat and abdoraen. 

 Turdus leucogenus. Lath. Ind. Orru 1. 341. 51. 

 Turdus aurantius. Gmel, Syst. Nat, 1. 832. 

 Merula jamaicensis. Briss. 2. 277. 34. 



Le Merle brun de la Jamaique. Buf. Hist, Nat. Ois. 3. 39 1. 

 White-chinned Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 45. 47. 



This is the size of a Blackbird : its beak is 

 orange, with a black line near the tip : the plum- 

 age is black brown : beneath palest : the chin and 

 abdomen white : secondaries in some species spot- 

 ted with white : legs yellow : beak of the female 

 dusky. Inhabits Jamaica: is said to be good food : 

 it feeds on fruits and insects; and makes a nest of 

 twigs and roots strongly united together. 



AFRICAN thrush. 



(Turdus Morio.) 



Tu. ater nitens, remigibus primoribus rufis, apice nigris. 

 Glossy black Thrush, with the primary quills rufous, with black 

 tips. 



Turdus Morio. Lin. Syst, Nat, 1, 297. 26,— Gmel, Syst, Not. 



1. 835.— -Lath, Ind, Orn. 1. 346. 64. 

 Merula Capitis Bonae Spei. Briss. 2. SOp. 52. t. IZ.f. 2. 

 Le Jaunoir du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois, 



3. 366.— Buff, Pl.Enl, igg. 

 African Thrush, Lath, Gen. Syn. 3. 55. 57. 



