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ETHIOPIAN THRUlSH. 



(Turdus iEthiopicus. ) 



Tu. niger corpore suhtus Jasciaque alarum albis. 



Black Thrush, with the body beneath, and band on the wings^ 



white. \ - 



Turdus ^thiopicus. GmeL Syst. Nat, 1. 824.— Ind.Orn. 



1. 357. llo. 



Le Merle noire et blanc d*Abissinie. Buffi Hist, Nat. Ois. 3. 



400.— Le Boubou.— Vail Ois. d'Afriq. 2. 73. p^. 68./. 1. 2. 

 Ethiopian Thrush. Lath» Gen. Syn. 3. 78. 103. — Lath. Syn. 



Sup, II. 180. g. 



This is a solitary retired species, always prefer- 

 ring the thickest parts of the woods to make its 

 habitation : its beak and legs are black : the under 

 parts of the body and stripe across the wings white : 

 the rest of the plumage plain black : the size of 

 the bird is about that of the Redwing : the female 

 is less than the male, and is brownish in those 

 parts where the male is black ; the under parts of 

 her body are entirely fulvous, the throat, which 

 is rufous, excepted: the band on the wings is 

 slightly inclined to that colour. It is abundant over 

 great part of Africa: the male has a note similar 

 to the word Boiihou^ and the female Cou-i: the 

 latter lays four or five eggs. 



