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(Turdus meruta.) 
TUE bill and orbits of the eyes yellow; plumage 
black; legs and feet black. Female: upper plumage 
blackish-brown, breast reddish-brown, the bill and legs 
dusky. Length, ten inches; breadth, sixteen inches. 
Eggs greenish-blue, speckled and spotted all over with 
brown. 
This is one of our sweet songsters. Early in the 
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