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BLACK- THROATED THRUSH. 



(Turdus jugularis.) 



Tu. griseo-Juscus, subtus Jlavo-xiirescens maculis sjparsis nigris, 



faciet gula,jiiguloque nigris, rufo marginatis. 

 Grey-brown Thrush^ beneath yellow green, sprinkled with black 



spots ; with the face, throat, and jugulum, black, margined 



with rufous. 



Turdus ater. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 3. 830 Lath, Ind. Orn. I. 



351. 86. 



Le Merle a gorge noire de St. Domingue. Biiff, Hist. Nat* 



Ois. 3. 3^2.— Buff. PI. Enl. BSQ. 

 Black-throated Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 65. ^8. 



The Black-throated Thrush is seven inches and 

 a half in length : beak black : the hind part of the 

 neck, back, and wing-coverts, grey brown, varied 

 with pure brown : the greater coverts and quills 

 are dusky brown, margined with light grey: the 

 forehead, the chin, throat, and as far as the 

 breast, black, bordered with rufous : crown of 

 this latter colour: under parts of the body and 

 rump greenish yellow, varied with large black 

 spots on the breast and belly: the tail the colour 

 of the back, and rounded : all but the middle 

 feathers edged with dusky: legs black. Inhabits 

 St. Domingo. 



