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NUN THRUSH. 



(Turdus Monacha.) 



Tv.Jusco-luteus, suhtus lutescens, capite colloque hiferiore nigrisi 

 Brownish-yellow Thrush, beneath yellowish, with the head and 



neck beneath black. 

 Turdus Monacha. Lath. Lid. Orn. 1.35/. IGg.—GmeL Si/st, 



Nat. 1. 824, 



Le Moloxita, ou la Religieuse d*Abissinie. Buff". Hist. Nat. 



Ois. 3. 40a. 

 Nun Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 77. 102. 



The Nun Thrush is the size of the Blackbird : 

 its beak is reddish : the head is black, which colour 

 is continued over the throat, and ends in a point 

 on the breast : the general colour of the upper 

 parts of the body is yellow, tinged with brown : 

 the wing-coverts are brown, with yellow edges : 

 the quills dusky, edged with light grey: the under 

 parts of the body pale yellow: tail similar to the 

 wing-coverts : legs ash-coloured. Found amongst 

 precipices in the woods of Abyssinia, 



