572 APPENDIX. 



THRUSH MOCK-BIRD. 



(Turdus (Orpheus) meruloides, Nobis. Orpheus meruloides, Swain- 

 son, North. Zool. ii. p. 187. pi. 38. Spotted Thrush, Lath. 

 Synops. iii. p. 27. sp. 13. Varied Thrush, Penn. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 

 327. pi. 15. T. ncBvius, Lath. Ind. i. p. 331. sp. 13. .?) 



Sp. Charact. — Blackish-grey, beneath principally reddish-orange ; 

 an imperfect black belt extending on the breast ; two orange banda 

 on the wingSj with the quills exteriorly blotched with the same. 



This elegant and rather brilliant species was discovered 

 at Nootka Sound, in Captain Cook's third voyage, and both 

 sexes are described by Latham. Pennant has described 

 and figured the same male individual. It was found by the 

 Arctic Expedition at Fort Franklin in lat. 65^°, in the 

 spring of 1826. It was said to build its nest in a bush, sim- 

 ilar to that of the American Robin. 



Length 9 inches 9 lines ; the tail 3 inches 6 lines ; the bill above, 

 10 lines, from the rictus 1 inch 1^ lines ; tarsus 1 inch 3 lines. — 

 Above blackish-grey ; the head, sides of the n^ck, and rudimental 

 pectoral belt, pitch-black. The blackish ear-feathers surrounded by 

 a narrow stripe of reddish-orange which extends to the eye-brows. 

 Tail greyish-black, a large white spot on the tip of the inner web of 

 the outer feather, and brownish-white spots on the tips of all the 

 other feathers, diminishing in size to the central ones on which 

 there is merely a minute brownish spec on their tips. Quills, greater 

 coverts, and the adjoining row of lesser ones, liver-brown. Two 

 rather broad bands of pale reddish-orange cross the wings. A large 

 patch of the same color on the primaries near their coverts, and a 

 smaller one about half way to their tips. Tertiaries slightly tipped 

 with white. — Chin, throat and belly reddish-orange. Vent white. 

 Under tail coverts blackish-grey, edged with orange, and largely tipt 

 with white. Flanks and axillary feathers bluish-grey. Bill black, 

 pale yellow at the base of the under mandible. Legs flesh-colored. 

 Bill straight, compressed, more slender thau in the Robin, but other- 

 wise resembling it. Wings \^ inches shorter than the end of the 

 tail, 4th quill longest; the 3d and 5th nearly equal it. Tail slightly 

 rounded. Tarsus much longer than the middle toe. 



