SURINAM THRUSH. 



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next margined with white : tail slightly forked : 

 legs black. Inhabits Madagascar. Length above 

 seven inches. 



SURINAM THRUSH. 



(Turdus Surinamus.) 



Tu. ater 7iitens, vertice uropygio maculaque laterali pectoris luteis. 

 Shining-black Thrush, with the crown of the head, rump, and 



spot on the sides of the breast, yellow. 

 Turdus surinamus. Lin, Syst. Nat. 1 . 297. 27. — Ginel. Syst. 



Nat, 1. SSG.'—Lath. Lid. Orn. I. 356. 107. 

 Merula surinamensis. Briss. Orn, Supp, 46, 13, pi. 3.f, 1. 

 Merle de Surinam. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 399. 

 Surinam Thrush. Lath, Gen. Syn, 3. 76. 100. 



Length six inches and a half: beak dusky: 

 crown of the head bright yellow : the prevailing 

 colour of the plumage velvet black : lesser wing- 

 coverts white: quills blackish, all but the two outer 

 ones, yellow on their inner webs at the base : on 

 each side of the breast a pale yellowish spot: rump 

 fulvous yellow : legs brown. Found at Surinam. 



